Pittsburgh Irish Festival

The Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation created to contribute to the rich cultural awareness of Irish history and tradition that exists in Pittsburgh. In addition to our three day “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Festival,” the Pittsburgh Irish Festival has expanded into a year-round resource for education and cultural programs through the creation of the Irish Education Outreach Program. The Program’s primary objective is to create a higher awareness of the ethnic richness and significance of the Irish and Irish-American culture and presence, from both a historic and contemporary perspective. In-service consultants are available to community groups and organizations as well as to interested school districts. In addition to cultural presentations, our consultants provide Irish studies workshops for teachers. Materials are multidisciplinary in design, combining and integrating study of the following areas: Arts, History, Patron Saints, Dance, Irish in America, Sports Economy, Language, Symbols Geography, Music, Tourism.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
EA – Emerald Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage, HS – Hedge School

• 4:00 pm Macdonald Pipe Band of Pittsburgh (EA)
• The Wild Geese (MPS)
• 4:15 pm Donnie Irish (CS)
• 5:00 pm Whiskey Limerick (EA)
• 5:30 pm Socks in the Frying Pan (CS)
• 5:45 pm Terry Griffith (MPS)
• 6:15 pm The Willis Clan (EA)
• 6:45 pm Moxie (CS)
• Mike Gallagher (MPS)
• 7:30 pm Screaming Orphans (EA)
• 8:00 pm Red Hand Paddy (CS)
• Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (MPS)
• 8:45 pm POGEY (EA)
• 9:15 pm Corned Beef and Curry (CS)
• 10:00 pm Scythian (EA)

** Program Subject to Change
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

EA – Emerald Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage,
HS – Hedge School

• 11:15 am RichPatrick (EA)
• Children’s Irish Dance Matinee (CS)
• 11:30 am Dennis Doyle (MPS)
• 12:00 pm Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
• 12:30 pm Matthew Craig and The Kerry Tipper Band (EA)
• The Wild West of Ireland: Experiencing Great Things in the Simplest Places –
• Trish O’Donnell Jenkins (Wild West Tours) (HS)
• 12:45 pm Slua (MPS)
• 1:00 pm Tom Sweeney (CS)
• Tales of Irish Rogues and Rascals – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
• 1:30 pm Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (EA)
• Folklore, Faith and Family – Arthur Cola (Author) (HS)
• 2:00 pm Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance (EA)
• Rice Bros. & Clear Blue Sunday (MPS)
• Introduction to Highland Pipes, Smallpipes, and Uilleann Pipes with George
• Balderose, Robert Felsburg, and Evan Kenepp (HS)
• 2:15 pm Screaming Orphans (CS)
• 2:30 pm Steel Shamrocks, An Irish Immigrant Family Rises in 19th Century Pittsburgh –
• David Quinn (Author)(HS)
• 3:00 pm Makem and Spain (EA)
• Dennis Doyle (MPS)
• More Tales of Irish Rogues and Rascals – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
• 3:30 pm Socks in the Frying Pan (CS)
• Irish Names ~ Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
• 4:15 pm The Willis Clan (EA)
• Terry Griffith (MPS)
• Ancient Sport of Hurling – Pittsburgh Hurling Club (HS)
• 4:30 pm Bodhran Techniques – Kip Ruefle (HS)
• 4:45 pm Evans and Doherty (CS)
• 5:00 pm Songs of Tommy Makem – Rory Makem (HS)
• 5:30 pm POGEY (EA)
• Matt and Shannon Heaton (MPS)
• Why the Great Hunger – David Donnell (Author) (HS)
• 6:00 pm Moxie (CS)
• Tune Stylings – Socks in the Frying Pan (HS)
• 6:30 pm Bell School of Irish Dance (EA)
• 6:45 pm Rice Bros. & Clear Blue Sunday (MPS)
• 7:00 pm Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
• 7:15 pm Socks in the Frying Pan (CS)
• 7:30 pm Ballad Traditions with Tom Sweeney, Evans and Doherty,
• and Makem and Spain (EA)
• 8:00 pm Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (MPS)
• 8:30 pm Screaming Orphans (CS)
• 8:45 pm POGEY (EA)
• 9:45 pm Bastard Bearded Irishmen (CS)
• 10:00 pm Scythian (EA)

** Program Subject to Change
Sunday, September 7, 2014

EA – Emerald Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage,
HS – Hedge School

• 10:00 am Irish Mass with Father Naos McCool, C.S.Sp. (CS)
• 11:30 am Patrick Regan (CS)
• 11:45 am Pittsburgh Ceili Club (EA)
• Dennis Doyle (MPS)
• 12:00 pm Why the Great Hunger – David Donnell (Author) (HS)
• 12:15 pm Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh (EA)
• 12:30 pm Pittsburgh Irish Reelers (EA)
• Cahal Dunne (CS)
• Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
• 1:00 pm Pittsburgh Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (MPS)
• Bodhran Techniques – Kip Ruefle (HS)
• 1:30 pm The Willis Clan (EA)
• Folklore, Faith and Family – Arthur Cola (Author) (HS)
• 1:45 pm Matt and Shannon Heaton (MPS)
• 2:00 pm Socks in the Frying Pan (CS)
• Irish Names ~ Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
• 2:30 pm Ancient Sport of Hurling – Pittsburgh Hurling Club (HS)
• 2:45 pm POGEY (EA)
• 3:00 pm Rice Brothers (MPS)
• Steel Shamrocks, An Irish Immigrant Family Rises in 19th Century Pittsburgh –
• David Quinn (Author)(HS)
• 3:15 pm Ballad traditions with Tom Sweeney, Evans and Doherty,
• and Makem and Spain (CS)
• 3:30 pm Introduction to Highland Pipes, Smallpipes, and Uilleann Pipes with George
• Balderose, Robert Felsburg, and Evan Kenepp (HS)
• 4:15 pm Moxie (EA)
• NaGaels (MPS)