Irish Massachusetts

The Boston Irish Tourism Association (BITA) has  released its winter 2022-2023 issue of  Travel & Culture , a compendium of holiday concerts, cultural events and literary activities taking place in Massachusetts and New England, as well as travel ideas for visiting Ireland this winter. Read the digital issue here . This issue has a feature story on GBH radio host Brian O’Donovan , whose annual live concert, “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” visits four cities in December as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. Other stories include Massachusetts Governor-Elect Maura Healey , who is proud of her Irish-American roots, and former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn , who launched the city’s Immigrant office 35 years ago this season.  Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail and the new South Shore Irish Heritage Trail are also featured.  Three new books about Ireland and Irish-America are also reviewed. This issue offers a selection of Christmas and holiday concerts at the  Ir...

  The 14 th  annual Golden Bridges Conference Luncheon is taking place at the Seaport Boston Hotel in South Boston on November 18,    2022.  The annual event connects business, community, tourism and education leaders from Ireland's NorthWest with their counterparts in Boston and Massachusetts.   Purchase tickets to the luncheon here .  The conference showcases the best of Ireland's Northwest to an audience of influential Irish American business and political leaders keen to learn more about the region’s offering.  Ray O'Hanlon, editor of the Irish Echo in NYC, is the master of ceremonies.  Among the topics for discussion:  . American investment in Northwest Ireland . Northwest Ireland on the Rise . Corporate Relations and Engagement Among Colleges and Universities . Northwest Ireland: A New Era for Tourism Here is the full schedule of events , and a list of speakers .  On the evening prior to the conference, Golden Bridg...

Irish-born and Irish-American veterans have a distinguished tradition of military service in Massachusetts, going back to the Revolutionary War in the 18th century. Here are four Boston monuments with Irish connections: Commodore John Barry  Plaque on Boston Common American naval hero of the Revolutionary War, Commodore John Barry was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford. Barry's ship, the Lexington, was the first to capture a British vessel under the American flag. After the war, President George Washington assigned Barry to help create the United States Navy.  Colonel Thomas Cass , 9th Irish Regiment in the Public Garden Dedicated to "the men of Boston who died in the Civil War," the Soldiers and Sailors Monument was unveiled with fanfare in 1876 before 25,000 people, many of them veterans. The acclaimed monument was created by Irish immigrant Martin Milmore. Lt. General Edward Logan  at Boston Logan International Airport South Boston native Edward L. Logan was Commander ...

  Photo of the Abigail Adams Statue Unveiling, Courtesy of Carl Stevens, WBZ (November 5, 2022) – ‘Remember the Ladies’ was the theme in the City of Quincy today as city, state and federal officials gathered alongside historians, educators and local residents to unveil the new statue of Abigail Adams at the Hancock Adams Common. Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch was joined onstage by US Congressman Steven Lynch and keynote speakers Catherine Allgor, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and Danielle Allen, professor of political philosophy at Harvard University. In the audience was former US Congressman Bill Delahunt, and various elected officials from Quincy. Today’s ceremony honored the legacy of the Second First Lady of the United States of America, Abigail Adams, whose role as a defining voice of the Revolutionary War era has been praised in recent years. She was the wife of America’s second President John Adams and mother of the sixth President John Quincy Adams. Abi...