Irish Heritage

Scroll down for Irish festivals, Irish clubs, Irish history and a bit more about Irish culture.

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•  Celticism
•  Irish food & drink

history

•  Irish American Cultural Institute
•  Irish Festivals
•  Island Ireland
•  Scotch Irish - history and achievements of the Scotch Irish or Ulster Scots in the U.S. and Ulster.
•  Irish Abroad: The Gab - for Irish people setting out, living abroad, or going home.
•  Yahoo! Irish Culture Worldwide

Travellers

•  Who are the Travellers?
•  The Travellers: Ireland's Ethnic Minority
•  Irish Traveller Movement (ITM)
•  Pavee Point Traveller's Centre
•  Racism in Ireland Against Travellers
•  Travellers' Rest - Source of folklore, current events, and issues for Irish Travellers in the U.S.A.
•  Travellers Fighting Back
•  Shelta - Strives to ensure that succeeding generations of Irish travellers will speak The Cant as a language, and not as a miscellaneous collection of buzz words. Shelta is the language originally used by Irish travellers in the U.S. circa 1875.
•  Etruscan Cryptolect

•  Celtic music
•  Irish dance
•  St. Patrick's Day

Europe

•  Crawley Irish Festival - in Crawley, England
•  Manchester Irish Festival - in Manchester, England
•  Tyneside Irish Cultural Society - in Newcastle upon Tyne

•  Alaska Irish Music Festival - in Anchorage
•  Traditional Irish Music Sessions - in Anchorage; weekly Celtic dance with local musicians; at Snow City Cafe
•  Alaskan Irish Dancing Page

•  Arizona Irish Festival - in Phoenix
•  Sedona St. Patrick's Day Parade - in Sedona
•  Phoenix St. Patrick's Day Irish Faire - in Phoenix
•  St. Patrick's Day Parade of Tucson - in Tucson

•  Great American Irish Fair and Music Festival - June 21 - 22, 2008; the Largest Irish Festival in the West
•  Great American Irish Fair - in Encino
•  Irish Network of Northern California  
•  Irish Fair & Music Festival - in Los Angeles; March 8 - 9, 2008; at Pomona Fairgrounds
•  Rose of Tralee Irish Heritage Day - in Midway City; February 16, 2008
•  Rose of Tralee Rose Garden Party - in Valley Glen; March 2, 2008
•  San Diego St. Patrick's Day Festival - in San Diego
•  Los Angeles County Irish Fair & - in Pomona

•  Colorado Irish Festival - August 19 - 20
•  Colorado Irish Festival - in Littleton
•  Festival of the Maybon - in Lyons

•  Fairfield County Irish Festival - in Fairfield
•  Connecticut Irish Festival - in North Haven
•  Greater Danbury Irish Festival - in Danbury

•  Florida Irish Festival - in West Palm Beach

•  Savannah Irish Festival - in Savannah; promoting Irish heritage, preserving Irish culture and traditions

•  Manhattan Irish Fest - in Manhattan
•  Southern Illinois Festival of Irish Music and Dance - in Carbondale
•  Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Festival - in Chicago
•  Irish American Heritage Festival - in Chicago

•  Indy Irish Fest - in Indianapolis

•  Louisville Irish Fest - in Louisville

•  Baltimore Irish Network
•  Irish Festival - in Baltimore

•  Boston Irish Network
•  Gaelic Roots - A music, song and dance summer school and festival
•  Irish Cultural Centre - in the Boston area
•  Stoneville Irish Festival - in North Easton

•  Detroit Irish - in Detroit
•  Michigan Irish Music Festival - in Muskegon

•  Minnesota Irish Heritage Fair - in St. Paul; at the University of St. Thomas

•  Weston Irish Fest - in Weston
•  Kansas City Irish Festival - in Kansas City
•  Kansas City Irish Fest - in Kansas City

•  Montana Gaelic Cultural Society's Irish Festival
•  Montana Irish Festival - in Butte

•  Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Convention - in Parsippany; March 27 - 30 2008
•  Great Lakes Irish Festival - in Sea Girt
•  Jersey City Irish Festival - in Jersey City; September 27, 2008
•  New Jersey Irish Festival - in Holmdel
•  Sea Girt Irish Festival - in Sea Girt

•  Irish Guide to New York
•  Local Ireland: New York
•  New York Irish Network
•  Irish 2008 - in Altamont
•  American Fleadh - Celtic Music Festival - in Buffalo
•  East Durham Irish Festival - in East Durham
•  Great American Irish Festival - in Utica
•  Rochester Irish Festival - in Irondequoit
•  Great Irish Fair - in Brooklyn
•  Buffalo Irish Festival - in Buffalo

•  Cleveland Irish Players - in Cleveland; has event listings
•  Cleveland's Irish Cultural Festival -in Cleveland; in July; celebrates Irish culture and contributions
•  Cleveland's Irish Cultural Festival - in Cleveland
•  Dublin Irish Festival - in Dublin; August 1 - 3, 2008
•  Cleveland's Irish Cultural Festival - in Berea
•  Irish Summerfest - in Euclid
•  Ohio Irish Festival - in Olmsted Township
•  Toledo Irish Festival - in Toledo

•  Wearin' of the Green Irish Festival - in Broken Arrow; in March; sponsored by the Irish-American Club of Tulsa

•  Kells Portland Irish Festival - in Portland

•  Adams County Irishtown Festival - in New Oxford
•  Jack Frost Celtic & Irish Festival - in Blakeslee
•  Philadelphia Irish Festival - in Philadelphia; June 22, 2008
•  Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival - in Philadelphia
•  Pittsburgh Irish Festival - in Pittsburgh PA
•  Shawnee Mountain Scottish and Irish - in Shawnee on Delaware
•  Summer's End Festival - in Ridgway

•  Newport Irish Festival - in Newport
•  Newport Waterfront Irish Festival - in Newport

•  North Texas Irish Festival - in Dallas; at Fair Park

•  Burlington Irish Heritage Festival - in Burlington

•  Irish Spring Festival - in Ireland
•  Augusta Festival - in Elkins

•  Milwaukee Irish Fest - in Milwaukee

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directories

•  Irish Pubs of the World
•  Irish USA - Irish music festivals
•  The IrishNet Directory
•  CCSNA Highland Games Calendar
•  Association of Festival Organisers (AFO)
•  British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA)
•  British Federation of Festivals
•  European Festivals Association (EFA)
•  Festival Network Online (USA)
•  Festivals of North America
•  Festpass
•  Finland Festivals
•  International Festivals and Events Association - Europe
•  International Festivals and Events Association - USA
•  Local Ireland (Arts and Culture - Festivals)
•  Norway Festivals

media

•  Irish-American Information Service - newswire
•  North-American Irish Periodicals - in the US and Canada
•  Irish Eyes
•  Boston Irish Reporter
•  Irish Echo Newspaper Online
•  The Irish Herald
•  The Irish Letter
•  Irish Voice Online

•  Yahoo! Organizations

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last edited Wednesday, March 26, 2008