Irish Massachusetts

Halloween in Galway  If you're like countless people around the globe who celebrate Halloween each October, why not make your way to Ireland this year, where the hallowed holiday began!   Fused in Celtic mythology and folklore, Ireland honors its ancient traditions each year with Halloween hijinks and Samhain night processions that evoke spirits, mythical creatures, and ethereal beings.  It is a ton of fun, highly entertaining and a great excuse to visit Ireland during its beautiful autumn season.   Scary in Derry   Started with the City of Derry , voted 'Best Halloween Destination' by readers of USA Today. Each year, scary-Derry comes alive with ancient spirits welcoming you to join its Awakening. Recognized as Europe's largest Halloween Festival, Derry Halloween takes place October 28-31, 2024 and promises to scare the bejesus out of you.  Halloween in Waterford Waterford Ireland’s oldest city was founded by the Vikings more than 1,100 years ago and is brimming with

The next time you are exploring  Boston's Irish Heritage Trail , visit these stunning public memorials to three 19th century Irish immigrants: sculptor Martin Milmore, poet John Boyle O'Reilly and politician Patrick A. Collins.   Two of the monuments, the Milmore Memorial at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain and the O'Reilly Memorial in the Fens, were created by sculptor Daniel Chester French of Concord, considered one of America's leading artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The Collins Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay was created by noted husband and wife sculptors Henry Hudson Kitson and Theodora Alice Ruggles Kitson.  Milmore, O'Reilly and Collins were all born in 1844, the year before Ireland's five-year famine (1845-49) erupted and devastated the island, causing more than one million people to flee the island.  Milmore and Collins each arrived in Boston as young boys with their widowed mothers and siblings, while O'Reilly

  Congratulations to Mona Connolly Casper, the 2024 recipient of the Thomas J. Butler South Boston Small Business Leadership Award given by the South Boston Chamber of Commerce . She received the award at the South Boston Street Fest on Saturday, September 28. Born and raised in South Boston, Mona is manager of the Seapoint Bar and Grill , a popular restaurant and gathering place for numerous events throughout the year, from fundraisers and sports to anniversaries and holiday events. She comes from an illustrious family lineage with Galway roots that included her late mother Mary T. “Mona” Connolly, a popular travel agent and successful businesswoman, and her father, Tom Connolly, a retired Boston Police Department detective who owns the Seapoint along with Coleman Mannion.  Her husband, Tommy Casper and his family are also native South Bostonians and active in the community as well. Connolly Casper and the Seapoint sponsor local charities that were important to her mom, including the