Out & About

The Pub Quiz will  be a fun night for everyone, as well as being a fundraiser for the Hudson Valley Irish Festival. The event startswith a 2 for 1 on all drinks from 5.30 to 6.30pm followed by a complimentary buffet for those taking part.

Please call Dan Dennehy at (914) 588-2710 to signup your team or for more information.

John Duddy has a big night this Friday, April 24th, when he fights Billy Lyell at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

If you yet have not got your tickets you can call Greg McIntyre at (917) 528-7379 or Barney Moore at (917) 559-8467 as the tickets are selling out fast.

The Irish Repertory Theatre production of The Yeats Project, 26 plays written by the Irish poet and playwright W.B. Yeats, is packing them in and I must say congratulations again to Charlotte Moore and Ciaran O'Reilly for putting on a splendid event that continues  until Sunday May 3rd.

Tickets can be purchased by calling(212) 727-2737 or visiting www.irishrep.org.

The Eithne and Paddy Fitzpatrick Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, May 18th.

Now in its sixteenth year the tournament will again take place at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, New York with celebrity player Christy O'Connor, Jr. in attendance and Ronan Collins of RTE fame acting as the Master of Ceremonies

The tournament helps worthy causes through the American Ireland Fund. For more tournament information call (212) 941-5595.

Kruise for Kids' Hudson River Dinner Dance and Concert Cruise to benefit Project Children is coming up on Wednesday, June 10th.

There'll be a full open bar and hot and cold buffet dinner and, guess what, dessert all for only $100.

You can reserve tables for eight for $1000 and Premium tables of for eight at $1200.

I am also told that you will get to meet Captain Tom Slattery.

Entertainment will be provided on two stages featuring The Cunningham Brothers, Celtic Cross, The Screaming Orphans, the Shay Mac Band and Tom Casey and Friends with lots of raffle prizes.

As I said before, all this is happening on Wednesday ,June 10th with the boat leaving from the Chelsea Piers (Pier 62 on West 23rd Street and 12th Avenue). Boarding at 6pm.

You can purchase tickets online at kruiseforkids.org or call (212) 717-9955.

As we are on the subject of The Kruise for Kids, the committee and members of New York County AOH Division 7  are having a Kruise for Kids Party on Wednesday May 6th with live music by Enda Keegan.

It's free admission with raffle and boat tickets on sale from 6pm-9pm at Saint Andrew's at 140 West 46th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). Call (212) 840-8413 or RSVP to Sean@Murphguide.Com.

The United Restaurant and Tavern Owners are holding their 23rd Annual Golf Outing at Dunwoodie Golf Club in Yonkers on Tuesday, May 19th.

The honorees this year will be Eugene Wilson, partner in Channel 4 Irish Pub and Restaurant who is the "URTO Member Golf Outing Honoree."

The "Industry Golf Outing Honoree" is Ken Glessner, the General Sales Manager for Manhattan Beer Distributers.

From what I have heard Eugene and Ken are over the moon with the honors.

This is going to be an exciting day as you'll get Driving Range access, Golf Cart, Green Fees, Clubhouse, Gratuities, Continental Breakfast, Barbecue Lunch on the Terrace and, of course, Beverages, a Cocktail Reception and Complete Dinner all for only $195 per person.

If you just want to attend the Cocktail Reception and Dinner it's only $125. Now where would yea get a better deal than that? Paul Hurley is giving everything away along with Kathleen Reilly and Maureen the woman that makes it all happen.

See you all next week.