The alternative New York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade was a success and took place in Queens. The Dublin Parade starts at noon G.M.T. 17th March 2010.

It hasn’t been announced elsewhere so: the Dublin Saint Patrick’s Day Parade will be livestreamed on www.rte.ie/live/ .

I’ll be out and about for the next few days so just in case – Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Have a great one.

The Ireland St. Patricks Festival takes place from March 12th to 17th 2010. With the parades on the 17th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Official Dublin site here.
The Official New York Parade site here.
The Official Alternative Saint Patricks Day Parade site in NYC here.
The Offical Munich site here.
The Offical Sydney site here.
The Offical Buenos Aires info here.
The Official Montserrat Festival here.

More here.

The Official indicates the linked information is from a reliable administrative information source.

Pic Patrick Kane

 Aer Lingus €172 v Malev €245

Both inclusive of taxes. Have flown a few times with Malev, lots with Aer Lingus.

I checked Ryanair but they don’t have flights this period to Budapest.

Perhaps Michael O’Leary didn’t waste €390 million of Ryanair’s dosh on Aer Lingus after all, lol. Maybe that’s why he’s so angry.

Prices quoted are from the airlines websites 23rd February 2010

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Happy Valentines Weekend. Being the weekend that is in it I will be away and will be back posting on Monday - have – a lovely time this weekend.

x

I leave  you with the story behind Saint Valentine being laid to rest in Dublin, Ireland.

It may not be widely known outside Ireland that the Carmelite Church, Whitefriar Street in Dublin holds the remains of St Valentine. The Carmelites first arrived in Ireland in 1271, and today there is a community of 17 in the Monastery attached to Whitefriar Street Church.

The story of how the remains of St Valentine came to rest in Whitefriar Street is interesting, and involves a famous nineteenth-century Carmelite attached to the Church, Fr John Spratt.

Spratt visited Rome in 1835, and Pope Gregory XVI decided to make his Church a gift of St Valentine’s body, then buried in the in Rome. The remains of Valentine were brought to Dublin in 1836, and since have been venerated there, especially around the time of the Saint’s Feast Day, 14th February.

The Whitefriar Street Carmelites have now published the translation of a letter in Latin which accompanied the remains of St Valentine on arriving from Rome all those years ago:

We, Charles, by the divine mercy, Bishop of Sabina of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Odescalchi Arch Priest of the Sacred Liberian Basilica, Vicar General of our most Holy Father the Pope and Judge in Ordinary of the Roman Curia and of its Districts, etc, etc.

To all and everyone who shall inspect these our present letters, we certify and attest, that for the greater glory of the omnipotent God and veneration of his saints, we have freely given to the Very Reverend Father Spratt, Master of Sacred Theology of the Order of Calced Carmelites of the convent of that Order at Dublin, in Ireland, the blessed body of St Valentine, martyr, which we ourselves by the command of the most Holy Father Pope Gregory XVI on the 27^th day of December 1835, have taken out of the cemetery of St Hippolytus in the Tiburtine Way, together with a small vessel tinged with his blood and have deposited them in a wooden case covered with painted paper, well closed, tied with a red silk ribbon and sealed with our seals and we have so delivered and consigned to him, and we have granted unto him power in the Lord, to the end that he may retain to himself, give to others, transmit beyond the city (Rome) and in any church, oratory or chapel, to expose and place the said blessed holy body for the public veneration of the faithful without, however, an Office and Mass, conformably to the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, promulgated on the 11^th day of August 1691.

In testimony whereof, these letters, testimonial subscribed with our hand, and sealed with our seal, we have directed to be expedited by the undersigned keeper of sacred relics.

Rome, from our Palace, the 29^th day of the month of January 1836.

C.Cardinal Vicar

Regd. Tom 3. Page 291

Philip Ludovici Pro-Custos

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Update a few hours later:  If you visit the church note it is very understated.

Delorentos are back from the Eurosonic Festival in Gronigen, where they performed alongside brilliant Irish acts Villagers and And So I Watch You From Afar – it was the first gig of many in The Netherlands ( review of the gig on their message board). They are back in the lowlands in  Den Haag (the Hague) on March 13th 2010. In Kilkenny and Cork and Dublin soon too.

6 Feb 2010 20:00	Set Theatre, Kilkenny	Kilkenny, Ireland
10 Feb 2010 20:00	The Old Oak, Cork	Cork, Ireland
13 Mar 2010 20:00	St Patricks Festival, Paard Van Troje, Den Haage	The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
26 Mar 2010 20:00	The Academy, Dublin	Dublin, Ireland

and there are only half of the limited edition left…

Monograph – The book of Ballagh

Robert Ballagh Monograph €2,500 is a hand crafted, limited-edition work that includes 24 original gicleé prints – collector’s items in themselves. Plus two accompanying text books. Artist and designer Paul Rattigan directed the design and production.

The Robert Ballagh Monograph is available from, and can be viewed at, the Gorry Gallery, 20 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Ireland (Mon-Fri 11.30am-5.30pm), + 353 1 679 5319

The inaugural Polish Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland is just around the corner. It will screen 35 films – mostly new releases – including a program of animation, and an homage to Krzysztof Kieslowski above (Three Colours; Blue, White, Red). On at the Irish Film Institute in TempleBar, Dublin.

The actor Jerzy Stuhr and the director Krzysztof Zanussi will be our guests of honour.

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The final of the GAA Football Championship is almost with us with expectation rising ahead of Sunday’s mouth-watering All-Ireland final between perennial Munster rivals Cork and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. it’s gonna be a great match!

Update  20-09-2009; Kerry won!

Got a text from my bro last night to say I had a ticket for Springsteen this weekend! Am kinda in a don’t know what to do mode, lol. I think I’m going to see him, lol. Wonder if I can go hiking the same day.. must check the times… Don’t want to be up the Wicklow Mountains when I should be in the RDS, the concert venue he be playing at!

“The rest is history”

UPDATE; went to the concert Sunday, wow, a 3 hr set. Pretty amazing – an amazing set of songs.

The Festival of World Cultures 2009 takes place Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of August in Dublin. Hope the weather is as good as was last year. It’s held in Dún Laoghaire harbour, a great location. It’s a festival where people from everywhere in the world puts up a stall to sell products from their culture. Lots of outdoor activities too, a world village set up. Lots of fun.
The Festival of World Cultures are looking for volunteers. Click pic above for info on volunteering.

Details on volunteers required by the Festival after the jump.

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The Street Performers World Championships 2009 in Dublin – in Merrion Square. Was there just a little while ago, and everything is being assembled.  Looks great. Can’t wait to see all the performers. Mr.Tools is on at 12.30 noon Thursday! All 17 performers will be showing Saturday and Sunday. The winner of the Street Performers World Championships 2009 will be announced Sunday.
VOTE Mr.Toons!!

U.S. author Michael Thomas won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel, collecting 100,000 euros ($140,880) -  the world’s richest prize for a single work of fiction. It was announced today in Dublin, Ireland at a reception at Dublin’s historic Mansion House for  “Man Gone Down”.

The IMPAC award is managed by Dublin City Libraries and draws on nominations from librarians around the globe. This year’s 146 nominations came from 157 public library systems in 117 cities.

The pic is an edited one from the installation in Blarney, Co.Cork, Ireland.

Photos from the Dublin and Cork Tunick installation are online unofficially here.
There was a hoo haa with Tunick not allowing Dublin Docklands to display them in CHQ in the IFSC in Dublin, Ireland. They were to be displayed online but the website www.tunickireland.com is offline! If it is sorted out the site was due to be online for four months. Hopefully it has just crashed and not been pulled!
Update; It’s online. Cool images

There’s a food market, crafts market and lots of show piece gardens by high profile folk. On at the Phoenix Park.
The Phoenix Park, embracing 1,760 acres, is the largest municipal park within a city’s limits in the world. While it is popularly assumed that it was named after the mythical bird, most Irish experts believe the name may be derived from “Fion Uisce which means “clear water”.

Novelist Edna O’Brien was honored with a special lifetime achievement award at a special ceremony for this year’s Irish Book Awards in Dublin Wed 6th
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Just home (in Dublin) from Jay Brannan’s gig in Crawdaddy. Excellent night. He played a great set, could’ve listened to him all night

He goes to London tomorrow (sold out), and is playing in Tel Aviv on May 20, Levontin 7 @ 830pm. 03-5605084 for tix