Celtic Woman

From traditional to contemporary, five Irish women put a modern twist on the Celtic sound. On stage at the Hummingbird Centre on March 8, 2006 Lisa Kelly, singing since she was 7, comes from a musical family in Dublin. Classically trained in both piano and singing, Lisa has also studied Drama...

Monday, 01 June 2009 | 141 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

New Book on Northern Ireland Peace Process

Award-winning journalist Martina Purdy, political correspondent for BBC Northern Ireland, has just published her first book, entitled Room 21, Stormont Behind Closed Doors. Martina, who was born in Belfast but raised in Toronto Canada after her family moved there due to the escalating conflict in...

Monday, 08 June 2009 | 257 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Message from Ambassador Declan Kelly

The visit by President and Dr McAleese from the 19th to the 22nd of June will remain in my memory for a long time to come. During those glorious few days, we got to witness, once again, the vibrancy and energy of the Irish community in Toronto and also saw why Toronto is considered to be one of...

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 180 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Canada's Celtic Martyr

Turning to the index of the latest edition of the Penguin History of Canada you will not find an entry with his name. Were you to float his name at a cocktail party you are likely to do a bit better with some hazy responses having to do with ‘Fenianism’, ‘Confederation’, ‘alcohol’ and...

Tuesday, 19 May 2009 | 271 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Toronto honours its Brothers of the Airwaves

Never have so many been so honoured by, well, so many. For the first time in the history of Toronto's Irish community, the Irish Person of the Year Committee has decided to quadruple its pleasure by honouring the four men who keep the city's Irish-Canadians, and those who love Ireland, informed...

Saturday, 16 May 2009 | 404 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Travel 2003 - The Year of Living Dangerously for Sean Murphy

There's no lack of excitement in Sean Murphy's life these days. As the President of Irish Travel Bureau Inc., and the Vice-President of Kemtpville Travel though, Murphy would be happy with a little less drama, considering the type of year the travel industry has just endured. But so long as...

Monday, 01 June 2009 | 208 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Tony O'Donahue Takes On The Queen

He may not be the first Irishman to take on the Queen of England, but Tony O'Donohue is taking his fight with the crown all the way to one of the highest courts in Canada. Mr. O'Donohue, a former Toronto City Councillor, and a native of Fanore, County Clare, where his family still runs a pub,...

Monday, 01 June 2009 | 251 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Vancouver Olympics aims to be faster, higher, stronger with Irish CEO

As the bobsled driver told his team, it's all downhill from here. So too is it for Irishman John Furlong, 58, the Chief Executive Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralymic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. On this particular day,...

Saturday, 06 June 2009 | 261 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more