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A recent topic posed the question of Irish identity. I don’t recall the precise wording so for fear of annoying The Mammiban I won’t use an exact quotation but it was something like ‘What does it mean to be Irish?’ It’s not something I think about much. I have regular almost daily contact with old pals in Dublin & neither do they. None of us ever thought of ourselves as football shirts. Lately though it’s become a matter of some urgency. Lately I find I’m the subject of the Hurling Test. The Hurling Test? Norman Tebbit, a non-descript Goebbals lookalike who paraded thuggery like a pet poodle, came up with the concept ‘The Cricket Test’. This was an on-the-spot identity test; who you cheered for in cricket in England determined your identity. It was of course a cheap shot, worthy of Rule 26 at it’s best but when the muck flies some of it always sticks. Lately I’m under scrutiny as to how Irish I am.Mostly it’s about music. Maybe it should be called the Christy Moore Test; if you love Christy you’re Irish & if you don’t you’re a .. a .. a what? I was trying to colour some music & pipes & whistles were the only option. Hi-tec promises much & delivers little .. a case of anything gores & nothing works. Biz as usual. The pipes, the uilleann pipes are not a unique concept in structure but they are a one-off miracle in tone & dynamics. You can’t sample the pipes. Well you can but it sounds like someone set fire to the petshop. So I took a look at ITM in Nederland. For those of you who don’t know ITM is Irish Traditional Music. No ‘Inc.’ Not yet.

The results were startling. It seems ITM is very popular in Nederland. Besides the usual theme pubs, Scarcity O’Pahtayties & such like, many people actually play Irish music. Sorry .. I meant many play ITM. So what, I asked myself, is ITM. There are of course language & cultural anomalies. Or at least you’d think there would be but there is’nt. ITM is a kind of full-blast O’Disneyland version of Darby O’Gill & Deh Littil Peepil. Enter Christy Moore & Co.

I did have some really great recording sessions with a Dutchman who played whistles, accordian & bodhran. His bodhran playing was nothing short of astonishing. I started calling him Ginger Baker. For those of you who don’t know, Ginger Baker was known way back in the 1960’s to bang the odd drum with an ensemble called The Cream. My Dutch bodhran player quickly got over the shock of being likened to a ‘pop group’. Most bodhran players would improve their sound no end if they played the bodhran with a knife. Or a hammer-action drill. Or a bottle of nitric acid. Or suspend disbelief a while, pretend it’s a pittza & eat the bodhran. Anything but play it. This guy was something else entirely. He played with fierce drive & impeccable rhythm. This guys playing was the dogs ballocks. His whistle playing was every bit as good only he did’nt always think so. I wondered why this could be. I found out soon enough. We had a few goofy takes but I just sampled & dropped it back in again. It works. Simple? No. After 10 beers all playing had to stop. This was not because we were unable to play any more. Au contraire, the kitchen was just warming up. The crockery was just starting to rattle but it all stopped dead on it’s arse. I may have heard some mutterings about protestant work-ethos but in all god’s teeth I was too busy looking for the bottle-opener.

It seems the ITM is now an off-shoot of The Legion of Mary. Remember them? The forerunners of The Mammiban .. If you’re not old enough to remember them just think Joni Mitchell. Who? Joni Mitchell [nee Anderson] wrote & continues to write incredibly great songs & music but in the 70’s she was the icon of the Irish Professional Virgins, all sensitive winsome souls who had all had encounters with their very own Uncle Ernie. Maybe this is where Irish Identity begins to make some sense of a sort. Irish women were all had by Uncle Ernie [or Seamas or Conor] whereas Irish men were the exclusive-abuse franchise of our educators, Brothers & Fathers alike. It’s only fair to say all this was before the rise of The Kerry Babies, Ireland’s first go at post-natal contraception. You never heard of The Kerry Babies either?? It’s very simple [again]; you are a sexually active teenage girl in Iteland with no rights to control your own fertility so you get pregnabt, give birth & then throw your new-born off the nearest cliff. See? Simple! Never mind; let’s get on with the gig. Where were we? Oh yeah, pipes & whistles …

I looked about for a piper. I took a name on good advice. The name even had a website!! I looked. It looked good too. They even have c.d. sales. Annaman scian! It looked good ’til I looked at the c.d. samples. It was all Mudder Reilly’s Drainpipes, Johnsons Motorcar, Finnigans Elephant & McBrides Railins .. same old same old ..

All well & good. It takes all sorts. The website had all the usual awful personae pics of people who feel the need to wear hats to play. They should change their heads! But needs must & the divil drives so I drove on. I sent a mail. I got a mail back, a glowing positive mail. I thought. So I sent some mp3 of work-in-progress. In return I got nothing. Cuiness [pro: kew-ness]. Nothing. So I wrote more. You get the ‘come on’, what do you do? Join the Legion of Mary. Alas I am a dozy jackeen for I persisted. Finally I got a vitriolic reply, a nasty piece of pidgin-intelligentia drivil, objecting to my inference of plastic paddy syndrome. Plastic Paddy Syndrome. Never heard of that either? Well now … sez he ….

You think you’re Irish? No you’re not. You are a value-added-acquisition [Celtic]. I found this out by the slow road. My bodhran player brought along a dvd on one session. For those of you who think you know; a session is where/when everyone gets drunk & sings about having no pahtayties. For those of you who do know; a session is where you play & record music. After the obligatory Legion of Mary no-music-after-10-pints edict was reached we watched the dvd. It was The Best Celtic Music From Ireland. ?? It was produced under the moniker Gael Force. Unless my memory fails me Gael Force was the music of Jack MacAuley, except of course Jack played in a ‘pop group’, called Them, whose ranks also included another grumpy Irishman named George Ivan Morrison. This Gael Force was another parcel of spuds. No sign of Sean O’Riada. Of course Sean O’Riada is dead but his music is also dead now, except for when it’s ponced off by the chancers & culture vultures. Still think you’re Irish? This abomination of a dvd featured Mary Black doing her best Shirley Bassey & Christy [praise & blessings be upon him] Moore doing his gold-plated-shovel bits. Still think you’re Irish? Tick the right boxes & you are. The only thing that shone on the entire presentation was Sharon Shannon. Her band rocked & rolled & defied gravity in places. Stunning stuff. That’s Irish; break the rules, push the limits, make wonderstuff straight from the kitchen. Do miracles with a little. I believe the Dutch is ‘We row with the spoons we have’.

I thought the English were the New Irish. Essentially stupid. They, the English, qualify in all the right catagories .. liars as leaders, export the poor, feed the rich, the De Valera Constitution [round up the usual suspects][& shoot them], the Cosgrave dynasty, Garret FitzBallocks, the small farmers & the eternal no pahtayties mentality. The English show no signs of improvement; Soviet Britain is as it does, Blairznev foxtrot-oscars only to be replaced by Broondropov. Plus ca merde plus ca meme merde. Just look at the football team [though on recent shows there maybe Ireland is the New England]. Same old same old. But Dutch ITM [patent pending] shows all the signs of overtaking all possible forecasts. You want to be Irish? Go Dutch. Get a whistle or a bodhran or a fiddle & play Flahertys Jax or Me Mudder Have No Boat It Have Sunk & you’ll do fine. Play your cards right & they’ll give you honorary wooded shoes. If you want to be really rilly rilly good grab a set of pipes & a stupid hat, spend 8 hours a day meditating on your analysis of the infinite .. blaziz jayziz you’re Irish!!!

I’m not. I was only born there. I only lived there. I realise that does’nt qualify me as Irish. I don’t like Christy Moore? .. c’mon! I’m just a weirdo from Finglas. Finglas used to be in Dublin. Dublin Ireland not Idaho. Same difference. Phil Lynott was a nigger in Dublin. Me too. Just a nigger of a different colour.

You be Irish. I’ve had enough of the disease.

Just get your pipes & your hippy hat & blow rasberries. No-one will notice.

Austin Coll

Zwolle

Dec 21

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(1) December 8 - Hurling - A First - Leinster Club winners take on European All Star
 
(2) December 8 - Ceiliuradh Le Cheile - Celebrate Together 19:00 - 04:00
 
(3) Monthly Events
 
(4) December 16 - Childrens Christmas Party Shillelagh Den Haag
 
(5) Message from our Italian Irish music lover
 
(6) CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD
 
(7) Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr
 
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December 8 - Hurling - A First - Leinster Club winners take on European All Star

December 8 we www.denhaaggaa. com will be hosting, at the WRC, Westlands Rugby Club, Beresteinlaan 52, Den Haag the hurling match between Europe and the Leinster Junior Champions Killurin, Co. Offaly.

This is a historic occasion as it is the first time the winners of any GAA competition in Ireland will earn the right to take on the best in European hurling.  It promises to be a great game, certainly the highest standard of hurling ever to be played in the Netherlands since the County teams of Clare and Wexford played a game in Hurling Hockey Club in Amsterdam nearly 3 2 decades ago..
 
We expect a large number of supporters to come over from Ireland , so, let’s do all we can to get out a big home support as well.  I know we won’t get Croke Park figures but please show support for the efforts being made by European GAA to promote the best sport in the WORLD.Tony Bass European County Secretary will be the referee and well deserved considering the efforts and hours he has given to European GAA all codes. 

Special thanks to the Liam O’Neill and Sheamus Howlin, Leinster Council for allowing this to happen www.gaa.ie/leinster  .

Bring your family, friends and colleagues along to enjoy this unique occasion.

Bain taitneamh as!!

If you have a contact for a TV channel, newspaper or website, Dutch or Irish, send the details to Marie please.   mariesheehan@ yahoo.ie

(in Dutch )

Killurin, winnaars van het Leinster Special Junior Club Hurling kampioenschap in de finale tegen “County Europe” in Den Haag

Den Haag GAA club zal gastheer zijn voor de wedstrijd op 8 december 2007.

Den Haag, Nederland – 20 november, 2007 – De Den Haag Gaelic Athletic Association, kortweg GAA, is een van de oudste en succesvolste GAA clubs op het vaste land van Europa. Wij als club zijn er trots op dat wij gastheer mogen zijn van de finale van het Leinster Special Junior Club hurling kampioenschap, gespeeld door Killurin uit County Offaly, Ierland tegen ‘County Europe’.
 

Killurin uit Offaly werd Leinster Special Junior Club hurling kampioen door Park Ratheniska uit Laois te verslaan op 18 september jongst leden. Zij zullen naar Nederland af reizen om de finale tegen ‘County Europe’ - een team samengesteld van hurlers uit Brussel, Parijs, Luxemburg, Zurich en de gastclub Den Haag te spelen.
“Als winnaars van het Europees Hurling Kampioenschap 2007 zijn wij erg blij met het feit dat wij deze wedstrijd mogen organiseren. En wij verwelkomen Killurin bij onze club,” zegt Marie Sheehan, Den Haag GAA Club promotor. “2007 Is een zeer succesvol jaar geweest voor onze dames en heren

Directions to Westlandse Rugby Club Haaglanden (WRC):

Westlandse Rugby Club Haaglanden (WRC)

Beresteinlaan 52a (beside GONA)

Den Haag

www.wrc-haaglanden. nl
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Public transport: Tram 9 stop Beresteinlaan/ Melis Stokelaan & Bus 25 other end of Beresteinlaan by Lidl

By car:

From Amsterdam Direction (A4)

- Follow the A4 in the direction “Den Haag Zuid”

- Take exit number 12 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 12)”

- Follow the road (it verves to the right) and continue straight

- When you come to the 4th set of traffic lights turn right onto Melis Stokelaan

- At the first ‘crossroads’ to left onto Beresteinlaan

- The rugby club, WRC-Haaglanden, is on your right hand side

From the Rotterdam Direction (A13)

- Follow the A13 in the direction Den Haag

- Take exit number 7 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 7)”

- Go right in the direction “Den Haag Zuid A4 (E30)”

- Follow the direction A4 richting Den Haag Zuid (E30)

- Take exit number 12 “Den Haag Zuid (afrit 12)”

- Follow the road (it verves to the right) and continue straight

- When you come to the 4th set of traffic lights turn right onto Melis Stokelaan

- At the first ‘crossroads’ to left onto Beresteinlaan

- The rugby club, WRC-Haaglanden, is on your right hand side
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(2).
 
December 8 - Ceiliuradh Le Cheile - Celebrate Together 19:00 - 04:00

A GREAT FORMAL DINNER PARTY
WITH INFORMAL ATMOSPHERE !
SOUTH AMERICA MEETS IRELAND - CHICOLEO PART II
Strandweg 155, 2586 JM Scheveningen
(between the Pier and Carlton Beach Hotel)
Phone 070-3588642
Semi-Formal Attire

This event is organized by the Irish Club~Netherlands, Den Haag GFHC and Holland Ladies team as a celebration dinner for the winners on the day and also for the winning Leinster Junior Hurling Club (Killuren, Co. Offaly, Ireland) and as an end of season and Christmas party celebration for all the organizers after a very successful year of culture and sport.

Join in the ceol agus craic - An Oiche “Ceiliuradh Le Cheile”.

PROGRAM Saturday 8th of December 2007

19.00 hrs – RECEPTION
Welcome Cocktail (with or without alcohol).
On the tables you’ll find nachos and dips
Music:
Katie & Conor 
19.30 hrs BUFFET AI CARAMBA!
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Presentations
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Sean Kilkenny Irish Dancers
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22.00 – 01.00 hrs Live Music with Band “Big Deal” a five piece cover band that have promised to get us all dancing. 

01.00 – 04.00 hrs DJ - Kutzai will help us make sawdust out of the dancefloor and keep us going until the wee wee hours of the morning. There will be a raffle and lots of spot prizes you’ll be delighted to know that all of this is included in the ticket price!

Contact: 06-20573678 to book your ticket NOW limited space 

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(3).
Monthly Events
(a). Contact Helen 070-3923273 if you would like to join this group.
Also, if you fancy going for a nice long walk any weekend please call Helen.

(b).  Ceadaoin 19/12/07
Beidh Teacht le Chéile le  caint agus craic as Gaeilge i ‘Murphy’s Law’ ó 8 i.n. go dtí 10 i.n.  Is cuma faoi do chumas teanga…tar chun do chúpla focail a úsáid agus b’fhéidir cúpla ceann eile a fhoghlam!!!!

Wednesday 19/12/07
There will be a Teacht le Chéile with chat and craic through Irish in ‘Murphy’s Law’ from 8pm until 10 pm.  Don’t worry about your language ability….come to use your few words and maybe learn a few more….

(Teacht le Chéile is the official name of the informal drink occasion, as Gaeilge, of the Irish Club~ Netherlands )
Maire Ni Shlatara (an muinteoir) mnishlatara@hotmail.com
Ait: Murphy’s Law, Dr. Kuyperstraat 11, Den Haag
(in aici le an Ambasáid na hÉireann chun Ríocht na hÍsiltíre)
irishclub_nederland@yahoo.co.uk

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(4)
December 16 - Childrens Christmas Party Shillelagh Den Haag
Irish Club Netherlands
Children’s Christmas Party
14.00-17.00 hour’s
Sunday, 16th December

The Shillelaigh (Upstairs Functions Room), Javastraat 94, The Hague
Lots of fun and games
Entertainment: by the famous Zassie (clown) of course
Santa will be arriving as usual with bags full of presents
He needs to know your childs age, sex & name by  December 12th.
Please contact  Caroline macafici@planet. nl
070-4277123/ 06-24417780
or Eithne: 070-3657425

Members:   € 5.00                     Non-members: € 7.50

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(5)
Message from our Italian Irish music lover

Dear friends,

One of these days there will be a new Website where you can read more about the Irish, Italian and Dutch musicians and about the Irish dancers, who will play, sing and dance at our Music night on Saturday January 26, 2008, I will let you know when the Website is on line.

The tickets for this night will be available next week, starting on Tuesday November 27,in the Murphy’s Law, Dr. Kuyperstraat 7, 2514 BA  Den Haag, located between the Denneweg and the Koninginnegracht, right next to the Irish Embassy.

This nice Pub is closed on Sundays, but on all other days you can enjoy the cosy and relaxed atmosphere and all the good wines, beers, single malt whisky and much more, and every Monday night starting around 2100H,they have very nice jazz-jam sessions.

So if you would like to join our next Music night in January, this is the place where you can find your tickets, for those of you who live out of town, please send over 30 Euro p.p. to; A.J.G. Bruti  Gondelstraat 53     2586 ER  Den Haag  ING banknr. 67 53 16 928, with your name and address, and please mention; Contribution Music night. And I will send over your tickets by post.

In order to create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for all of us that night, there will be a limited number of tickets available, so please get your tickets in time, and join us in the Church, where we will have many hours of pure music, pure food, and where good wine and beer will be available.
For those of you who didn’t receive my first email, for whatever reason, please let me know and I will send it again, for now all the best.

Sandro
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CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD

22/11/2007

SISK APPOINTED MAIN CONTRACTOR FOR THE NEW STADIUM AT LANSDOWNE ROAD

Sisk, Ireland’s largest construction company, has been appointed main contractor on the New Stadium at Lansdowne Road .  Sisk, who won the contract following a public procurement tendering process, will have overall responsibility for the construction of the stadium, which is scheduled to see its first action in 2010.  Sisk is currently mobilising on site.

The contract with the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC) was formally signed earlier today, 22 November, 2007, in the presence of Mr Seamus Brennan T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.  The New Stadium is a joint venture between the IRFU and the FAI with the Government providing €191 million towards the cost. 

Work on the construction of the new stadium began in May of this year with the awarding of both the demolition and sub structure contracts.  Demolition of the old stadium was  completed over the August bank holiday weekend with the demolition of the old West Stand. 

Work on the sub structure commenced in tandem with the demolition programme.  A key element in the new stadium, the construction of a podium over the DART line, was completed over the October bank holiday.  Along with the construction of the podium a major new underpass under the railway line was also completed over that weekend. 

Currently the sub structure programme is well advanced.  This has included the construction of a basement under the East Stand and work on a new underground car park under the back pitch. 

Sisk will have complete control over all of the various construction contracts in relation to the stadium including the structural steel, the cladding, the installation of the pitch etc.  In order to meet the LRSDC deadline of matches being played in the new stadium in 2010 many of these contracts were initially awarded independently.

Speaking on behalf of Sisk Mr Tom Costello, the Sisk director in charge of the project, said that Sisk was delighted to have won the contract given the fact that it has already been responsible for the construction of Croke Park .  “We believe we have a unique insight into what is required in the construction of a major sporting venue such as this.  We fully realise that Lansdowne is quite a different stadium than Croke Park but many of the challenges are the same.  We are really excited to have the opportunity to deliver what is another essential piece of Ireland ’s sporting infrastructure”.

Speaking on behalf of LRSDC Mr Philip Browne, chairman of the company, said that he was “delighted with the progress on the stadium to date. The work continues to be on schedule and that is essential.  I think everyone connected with sport in Ireland admires Croke Park .  It really is a fantastic stadium and I think everyone acknowledges that Sisk did a wonderful job there.  We are looking forward to having them on board and to seeing the new stadium rise out of the ground”.

On completion the new stadium at Lansdowne Road will have an all seated capacity of 50,000.  The new stadium will consist of a continuous curvilinear shaped stand enclosing all four sides of the ground.  The South, East and West Stands will have four tiers of seating for spectators.  The second tier will provide facilities for premium ticket holders while the third tier will provide facilities for corporate boxes.  The North Stand will comprise of one low level seating tier to reflect its proximity to the residential properties at that end of the ground.

Note on Sisk:

Sisk are Ireland ’s largest and longest established construction firm having been established in 1859 and currently employing 1500. A private, family owned enterprise, the company will be celebrating its 150 years in business in 2009.  The company has been synonymous with construction in Ireland having delivered such well known landmarks down the years as Cavan and Galway Cathedrals, Cork City Hall, Irish Life Mall, and more recently Croke Park, Dundrum Town Centre, Cork School of Music and the recently opened Ritz Carlton Hotel at Powerscourt.  Sisk are also currently constructing the new Convention Centre, Grand Canal Square, and major pharmaceutical facilities for Johnson & Johnson at Centocor and Cordis.  Sisk have seven offices countrywide located in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Waterford and Dundalk and have built a reputation for delivering complex projects, utilising latest construction innovations and managing within predetermined ! budgets and schedules. Sisk are focused on the following construction sectors Commercial, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Residential, Civil Engineering, Healthcare, Hotels & Leisure, Industrial and Social Infrastructure.  Sisk were recent recipients of the NISO Overall Construction safety Award for 2007.

*SEE OUR MEDIA GALLERY AT WWW.LRSDC.IE FOR THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW STADIUM*
Regards,
Claire Seale

LRSDC

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Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr

Friendship - the best Christmas gift of all  Cairdeas - an bronntana Nollag is fearr

Sonas agus siochain faoi Nollaig

From Irish Club~ Netherlands Board

RTE backed, Garage starring Pat Shortt is a story about a Petrol Station attendant in Ireland whose life changes over a summer.

Pat Shortt’s acting was recognised, with the award for Best Actor at the Monte Carlo Film Festival last weekend.

In Cannes it has won the CICAE award, and a Prix Coup de Coeur in Dinard France.

A Jury award was also won at the film festival de Chatenay Malabry, and the Grand Prix at the Film Festival de Cinessone.

The Dubliners 5 nights in Germany

27.11.2007: D Hannover, Theater am Aegi
28.11.2007: D Flensburg, Deutsches Haus
29.11.2007: D Kiel, Kieler Schloss
30.11.2007: D Berlin, Tempodrom

December 2007
01.12.2007: D Hamburg, CCH

http://www.karsten-jahnke.de

5-Dec Luxembourg Fil Campbell Luxembourg Folk Club

Fil is on the team at Newry’s new radio station FIVE FM.
Listen online or live at 8.30pm every Thursday night to “The Lough To The Glen”, Five FM’s weekly arts programme with Fil and guests.

EuropeanIrish Radio & TV

http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/index.html

Rhythm of the Dance France and Croatia

France:
Nov 27 08:30 pm Zenith Arena Lille 
Nov 28 08:30 pm Galaxie Amneville 
Nov 29 08:30 pm Parc des Expositions Mulhouse 
Nov 30 Cancelled Salle Polyvalente Laval 
Dec 02 06:30 pm Palais des Sports Berck Sur Mer 

Croatia
Dec 08 08:00 pm Sportska Dvorana Kostrena 
Dec 09 08:00 pm Dvorana Jug 2 Osijek 
Dec 12 09:00 pm Sportska Dvorana Mladost Karlovac 
Dec 14 09:00 pm Dvorana Jazine Zadar 
Dec 15 09:00 pm Dvorana Gripe Spilt 
Dec 16 09:00 pm Školska športska dvorana Bjelovar

2008 has tour dates in Germany, France, Switzerland and Belgium

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/index.html

Celtic Legends - France Irish Dance shows in Vichy, Montlucon, Clamecy, Cahors, Albi, Bressuire, Vannes, Reims, Morlaix

2007
Nov 27 03:00 pm Opera Vichy 
Nov 27 08:30 pm Opera Vichy 
Nov 28 08:30 pm Centre Athanor Montlucon 
Nov 29 03:00 pm Salle Polyvalente Clamecy 
Nov 29 08:30 pm Salle Polyvalente Clamecy 
Nov 30 08:30 pm Espace Valentre Cahors 
Dec 01 08:30 pm Scenith Albi 
Dec 02 05:00 pm Bocapole Bressuire 
Dec 02 02:00 pm Bocapole Bressuire 
Dec 06 08:30 pm Espace Avel Vor Plougastel 
Dec 07 08:30 pm Centre des Arts Concarneau 
Dec 08 08:30 pm Salle Sesame Morlaix 
Dec 09 04:00 pm Parc Expo le Chorus Vannes 
Dec 11 08:30 pm Centre des Congres Reims 
Dec 12 08:30 pm Espace Jean Beauchet Forges Les Eaux 
Dec 13 08:30 pm La Halle Aurillac 
Dec 14 08:30 pm Salle Oesia Notre Dame D’Oe 
Dec 16 04:00 pm Salle La Soucoupe Saint Nazaire 

2008

France

Mar 06 08:30 pm Salle Damremont Boulogne-Sur-Mer 
Mar 08 08:30 pm Zenith D’Orleans Orleans 
Mar 14 08:30 pm Theatre Municipal Denain 
Mar 18 08:30 pm Gare du Midi Biarritz 
Mar 22 08:30 pm Centre Culturel Ris-Orangis 
Mar 29 08:30 pm Tarmac Deols 
Mar 30 05:00 pm Cite des Congres Nantes 
Apr 02 TBA Salle de Spectacle Casino Arras 
Apr 03 08:30 pm Elispace Beauvais 
Apr 04 Cancelled Les Arenes Metz 
Apr 05 Cancelled Le Zenith Nancy Nancy 
Apr 11 08:30 pm Parc des Expositions Valence 
Apr 12 08:30 pm Le Capra Mejannes Les Ales 
May 21 08:30 pm Le Dome Marseille 
Nov 28 08:30 pm Parc des Expos Isle D’Espagnac 
Nov 29 08:30 pm Espace La Gare Fontenay Le Comte 
Nov 30 08:30 pm Palais des Congres Chasseneuil du Poitou

http://www.celticcafe.com

MAGIC OF THE DANCE
GERMANY
Dec 26 08:00 pm Stadthalle Osnabrück 
Dec 27 08:00 pm Phönix-Halle Mainz 
Dec 28 08:00 pm Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken 
Dec 29 07:30 pm Gerry Weber Center Halle/Westfalen 
Dec 30 07:00 pm Westfalenhalle 3A Dortmund 
Dec 31 05:00 pm Festspielhaus Füssen 
Dec 31 08:30 pm Festspielhaus Füssen

2008 includes shows in Germany from January, through to the 28th February.

A selection of Denmark shows at the start of  March,

then 10-16 Mar in Germany,

and 19th March - in Vienna Austria.

GERMANY
Nov 27-28 08:00 pm Kulturpalast Dresden 
Nov 29 08:00 pm Stadthalle Cottbus 
Nov 30 08:00 pm Arena Leipzig 
Dec 01 08:00 pm Stadthalle Magdeburg 
Dec 02 07:00 pm KuK Gera 
Dec 04 08:00 pm Mittelhessenarena Wetzlar 
Dec 05 08:00 pm Schwabenhalle Augsburg 
Dec 06 08:00 pm Baden Arena Offenburg 

SWITZERLAND

Dec 07-08 08:00 pm Messe Basel 

GERMANY

Dec 09 08:00 pm Congress Centrum Ulm 
Dec 11 08:00 pm Esperantohalle Fulda 
Dec 12 08:00 pm Philipshalle Düsseldorf 
Dec 13 08:00 pm Halle Münsterland Münster 
Dec 14 08:00 pm AWD-Hall Hannover 
Dec 15 08:00 pm Donauarena Regensburg 
Dec 16 07:00 pm Dreiländerhalle Passau 
Dec 18 08:00 pm CCS Suhl 
Dec 19 08:00 pm Oberfrankenhalle Bayreuth 
Dec 20 08:00 pm CCW Würzburg 
Dec 21 08:00 pm bigBOX Allgäu Kempten 
Dec 22 08:00 pm Arena Trier

New year concerts in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland and Austria

2008
CZECH REPUBLIC for St Patrick’s Week
Mar 12 08:00 pm Tip Sport Arena Liberec 
Mar 13 08:00 pm Zimni Stadion Hradec Kralove 
Mar 14 08:00 pm Víceúcelová sportovní hala  Frydek Mistek 
Mar 16 03:30 pm Hala Rondo Brno 
Mar 16 08:00 pm Hala Rondo Brno 
Mar 17 08:00 pm T-Mobile Arena Prague 
Mar 18 08:00 pm Budvar Arena Ceske Budejovice 

SLOVAKIA

Mar 19 TBA Národné tenisové centrum Bratislava 

GERMANY
Sep 07 07:00 pm Stadthalle Magdeburg 
Sep 08 08:00 pm Musik- und Kongreßhalle Lübeck 
Sep 09 08:00 pm Ostseehalle Kiel 
Sep 10 08:00 pm König Pilsener Arena Oberhausen 
Sep 11 08:00 pm Westfallenhalle 3 Dortmund 
Sep 12 08:00 pm Stadthalle Rostock 
Sep 13 08:00 pm Händelhalle Halle/Saale 
Sep 14 07:00 pm KuK Gera 
Sep 16 08:00 pm Stadthalle Zwickau 
Sep 17 08:00 pm Messehalle Erfurt 
Sep 18 08:00 pm Arena Leipzig 
Sep 19 08:00 pm Stadthalle Braunschweig 
Sep 20-21 08:00 pm Tempodrom Berlin 
Sep 23 08:00 pm Stadthalle Chemnitz 
Sep 24 08:00 pm Kulturpalast Dresden 
Sep 25 TBA Kulturpalast Dresden 
Sep 26 08:00 pm Stadthalle Cottbus 
Sep 27 08:00 pm AWD-Hall Hannover 
Sep 28-29 08:00 pm CCH Hamburg 
Oct 01 08:00 pm Stadthalle Bielefeld 
Oct 02 08:00 pm Siegerlandhalle Siegen 
Oct 03 08:00 pm Alte Oper Frankfurt 
Oct 04 08:00 pm Rhein-Main-Theater Niedernhausen 
Oct 05 07:00 pm Rittal Arena Wetzlar 
Oct 06 08:00 pm Harmonie Heilbronn 
Oct 07 08:00 pm Liederhalle Stuttgart 
Oct 08 08:00 pm Congress Centrum Ulm 
Oct 11 08:00 pm Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken 
Oct 12 08:00 pm Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe 
Oct 13 08:00 pm Circus Krone München 
Oct 14 TBA Circus Krone München 
Oct 15 08:00 pm Saturn Arena Ingolstadt 
Oct 16 08:00 pm Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg 
Oct 18 08:00 pm Donauarena Regensburg 
Oct 19 07:00 pm Sporthalle Oberwerth Koblenz 

SWITZERLAND
Oct 20-21 TBA Festsaal Messe Basel 

AUSTRIA
Oct 23-24 08:00 pm Stadthalle Wien 
Oct 25 TBA Stadthalle Wien 
Oct 27 08:00 pm VAZ St. Pölten 
Oct 28 08:00 pm Arena Nova Wiener Neustadt 
Oct 29 08:00 pm Intersportarena Linz 
Oct 30 08:00 pm Stadthalle Graz 
Oct 31 08:00 pm Salzburgarena Salzburg 
Nov 02 08:00 pm Stadthalle Villach 
Nov 03 08:00 pm Olympiahalle Innsbruck 
Nov 04 08:00 pm Festspielhaus Bregenz 
Nov 05 TBA Festspielhaus Bregenz

Irish Dancing in Europe
http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/irishdancing.html

27.11.2007 Molly Blooms, Tel Aviv, Israel
28.11.2007 Molly Blooms, Tel Aviv, Israel
29.11.2007 Irish House, Haifa, Israel
01.12.2007 Molly Blooms, Tel Aviv, Israel
02.12.2007 Leo Blooms, Ramat Hahayal, Israel
03.12.2007 Molly Blooms, Tel Aviv, Israel
04.12.2007 Leo Blooms, Ramat Hahayal, Israel
05.12.2007 Irish House, Haifa, Israel

Featured on EuropeanIrish Samhain - Compilation - Humours of Lissadell
Download their track for free and access their website at:
http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/free_online_cd.htm

Catch the concerts this week and over the Christmas period of these great artists.
Download their tracks for free and access their websites at:
http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/free_online_cd.htm

Blue Dew Netherlands (in compilations EuropeanIrish Spring 2006, and Ceol3)
30 november : Theater De Tobbe, Voorburg * with theatre program “The Long Journey Home”
8 december : Theater De Kappen, Haaksbergen * with theatre program “The Long Journey Home”
Noel Shannon Netherlands (Long Way Home - in Compliation European Irish Ceol1)
Nbvember:
29 De doctor Wageningen  22.00
30 O Shea’s Eindhoven  23.00
December:
1 O Shea’s Eindhoven  23.00
7 Finnegans Irish Pub Apeldoorn  22.00
8 finnegans  22.00
9 Bierreclamemuseum Breda  17.00
14 Sally O Briens Zwolle  22.00
18 P.W. Jannssen Verpleeghuis  15.00  Deventer, Kerstmarkt  
20 Mulligans Amsterdam  21.30
21 O’Shea’s Rotterdam  22.00  O’Shea’s website  
22 O Shea’s Eindhoven  22.00
23 Sally O Briens Zwolle  17.00 - 20.00  
25 *****Christmas Day******    “Café ‘t Hart van”…  vanaf 22.00  Marktstraat 88C Musselkanaal  
26 Tweede Kerstdag   “Paddy’s”   Balkbrug  22.00  Paddy`s Pub Hoogeveenseweg 2  7707 CH Balkbrug.
Blackwater France ( Gone to Hilo -  on Ceol3 )
  29/11/2007 : Concert à St Etienne (42) Dirty Old Town
  30/11/2007 : Concert à Bourg en Bresse (01)  Galway   
  01/12/2007 : Concert à Salaise-sur-Sanne (38)
  07/12/2007 : Concert à Port-Lesney (39)  L’Edgar
  08/12/2007 : Concert à Maiche (25)  Kuesako

Midnight Court Germany (Welcome Paddy Home - on EuropeanIrish Ceol5)
30-Nov Germany 20.00 Drensteinfurt - Bürgerhaus Alte Post
2-Dec Germany 20.00 Iserlohn - JuZ
The Bottlewash Band Czech Republic ( One Dream - on Music Marquee)
1-Dec Sýpka Brno - pořádá Skotský pes
The Stouts Switzerland (Last of the Great Whales - on EuropoeanIrish Spring compilation)
15. Dezember 07 ANGIE Konzert auf dem 4-Waldstättersee
21. Dezember 07 Stadtkeller Luzern
Will o the Wisp Italy ( Working Men - on EuropeanIrish Spring2006)
Italy DECEMBER
16  live concert ore 16.00 - Piazza Risorgimento-Marina di Grosseto (GR)
21 Concerto per il CAI - Teatro Comunale - tba - Merano - BZ
Red Shamrock - Switzerland ( The Sailor - on Music 8 compilation)
2. Dezember 2007, Sonntag / Stubete Pöstli, Aeugstertal ZH

The Shanes Germany ( Hands of Fate - from Ceol 1)

15 Dec Wurzgurg - Pleicher Hof - at Balkan Banja Party
22-Dec Rüdesheim - Hajos

Listen to European Irish Music :

http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/MusicCalender.htm
Lunasa in :

Nov. 27, 2007 Ballerup Denmark Baltoppen +45- 4477-3060
Nov. 28, 2007 Greve Denmark Portalen +45-4397-8383
Dec. 08, 2007 Schaffhausen Switzerland Kulturzentrum Kammgarn 052-6252403

Celebrating the success of Johnny Logan’s new CD - Johnny Logan and Friends : The Irish Connection
It has gone Gold and Platimum in Denmark and in Norway, with new release in Sweden on 26th December

Find his website here:
http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/irishbandsontour.html

27: Today Johnny Logan receives the Platinum Record Award
at the Irish Embassy, Copenhagen
There are Norway, Sweden and Denmark tours planned for 2008.
This month, enjoy Johnny Logan’s X-Mas tour of
29.11.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
TORVEhallerne  / 21:00
Kirketorvet 10-16
7100 Vejle
28.11.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Juviklubben
Bredgade 26
4400 Kalundborg
Telephone: (+45) 59 51 18 00  (sold out )

and in December
15.12.2007:
 Norway
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Grieghallen  / 18:00
Edvard Griegs plass 1
5015 Bergen
 

14.12.2007:
 Norway
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Kulturhuset Blå Grotte  / 21:00
Nygaardsgate 22-24
1605 Fredrikstad
13.12.2007:
 Norway
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Sandnes kulturhus  / 19:30
Mauritz Kartevoldsplass 1
4306 Sandnes
 (only few tickets left)

11.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Høllin á Hálsi (Sports Hall)  / 20:00
Heyggjarvegur
100 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands

09.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Nykøbing F. Teater  / 20:00
Torvet 3
4800 Nykøbing F.
08.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Vallekilde-Hørve Fritidscenter
Idrætsvej 3
4534 Hørve
 (sold out)

07.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Hotel Pejsegaarden
Søndergade 112
8740 Brædstrup
 (only few tickets left)

06.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Slagelse Musikhus  / 20:00
Sdr. Stationsvej 1-3
4200 Slagelse
 (sold out)

04.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Sønderborghus  / 20:00
Løngang 1
6400 Sønderborg
 (sold out)

02.12.2007:
 Sweden
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tonica Orkestern with Johnny Logan and the 3 sopranos Carolina Jönsson, Jenny & Emma Freij
Helsingborgs Konserthus  / 16:00
Drottninggatan 19
252 21 Helsingborg
01.12.2007:
 Denmark
JOHNNY LOGAN X-MAS TOUR 2007
Portalen  / 20:00
Portalen 1
2670 Greve

 (sold out)

Festival in Austria Guinness Irish Christmas Festival - Mosaic : Susan McKeown, Alan Kelly, Michelle O`Brien & Co.
and Providence - Top Irish Traditional Music Band

Organised by Weltenklang Irish Music promoters and festival organisters in Austria.

Fr 30.11.2007 BRUCK / Mur Bundesförsterschule
 Sa 1.12.2007 BUCHSCHACHEN Dorfscheune
 So 2.12.2007 BLEIBURG Altes Brauhaus
 Mo 3.12.2007 FELETTO UMBERTO (I) Auditorio - tbc
 Di 4.12.2007 FELDKIRCHEN Amthof
 Mi 5.12.2007 GRAZ Brücke
 Do 6.12.2007 GÖTZIS Am Bach
 Fr 7.12.2007 VÖLS Seidemann
 Sa 8.12.2007 SAALFELDEN Kunsthaus Nexus
 So 9.12.2007 RIED KIK
 Di 11.12.2007 ST.PÖLTEN Bühne im Hof
 Mi 12.12.2007 BAD ISCHL Leharkino
 Do 13.12.2007 SALZBURG OVAL - Die Bühne im Europark
 Fr 14.12.2007 LINZ Posthof
 Sa 15.12.2007 Waidhofen / Th. Igel
 Mo 17.12.2007 KORNEUBURG Gwölb
 Di 18.12.2007 LAA / Th. Festsaal BG
 Mi 19.12.2007 WIEN Metropol
 Do 20.12.2007 WR.NEUSTADT Stadttheater
 Fr 21.12.2007 ALLAND Fiddlers Green
 Sa 22.12.2007 OSLIP Cselley Mühle

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/festivals.html

Download the Title track Caledonian Girl on EuropeanIrish Ceol 5 - for free and access Brendan Monaghan’s website at:
http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/free_online_cd.htm 

Info about Brendan Monaghan’s concert at Art Bem. Warsaw on 12th December 2007 and RadioWiD’s radio program 9th December 2007 (21:30 - 23:00):
http://radio.wid.pl/modules/tisart/viewart.php?art_id=258

7th December 2007 in “Team Radio” DJ Wilczyn DJ Rodmir will be play Brendan Monaghan’s music and other celtic music from 20:00 to 22:00
http://radio.wid.pl

Lithuania
Febr 01 2008 Vilnius.
Febr 02 2008  Vilnius.

Brendan and Niall McClean on fiddle were performing on Lithuanian Television “LTV2″ on Saturday 20th October at 21.50 Hrs. www.lrt.lt
If you are back at home in Co.Down over December  or January,
 Dec  02 2007 St.Comgall’s Parish Centre. Bangor. Co.Down. Ireland.
 
Dec 14 2007 Peninsula Acoustic Music Club.The Ivy.Newtownards. Co.Down. Ireland.
 
Jan 11 2008 The Dufferin Arms. Killyleagh. Co.Down. Ireland.
 

Chris de Burgh will be doing a limited number of shows in 2008,
initially in Eastern and Western Europe.

Details to be announced soon!

http://europeanirish.com/Music/irishbandsontour.html

Owen’s Friends Jeudi 22 novembre
aux “SPORTS”
 8 route de la reine
92100  BOULOGNE

Samedi 24 novembre
Salle des Mauves
44310 Saint-Colomban

Details of Owen’s friend Irish Music Band which has concerts in France this week, and all Irish Bands in West Europe: 
http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/bands/irishbandswest.html#France