Out & About

Well, Cork did it again when they beat Dublin in Gaelic Park in the Bronx on Sunday.

Ah I love to rub it in to a few of the lads. The score no one knows... as the scores just kept coming. I am sure Paul Hurley must have been disappointed and what a great day for it too!

Let's see what happens when they play each other in Ireland and I do mean the other teams in Ireland not our boys over here; although you never know, some of them just might play over there some day.

Marie Reilly, the Deputy Consul General from the Irish Consulate will be launching a new CD... that's what I said, a new CD.

This shouldn't be a surprise since she is a very good player of the fiddle or is it the violin; I am not too sure.

Anyhoo, she will be accompanied by another great multi-instrumentalist Gabrial Donohue and a reception for the release will be held on Wednesday April 25 at the Irish Consulate.

The new CD, packed full of traditional music is called 'The Anvil'. I'll try and get her autograph before she becomes too famous.

Don't miss the Third Annual day of talks, 'Who Do We Think We Are? Economics Family-Style' at Glucksman Ireland House (at NYU's 19 University Place, 1st floor) on Saturday April 21 from 10am to 6pm.

Writers, public figures, and scholars will explore the experiences of the Irish and Irish-American families through a day of talks.

Speakers will discuss how finances influenced family decisions regarding emigration, marriage, and politics, and how these in turn affected the wider community.

Bestselling novelist and memoirist Mary Higgins Clark will deliver the keynote talk about her family's experience and its influence on her life and writing.

Professors Kerby Miller, author of the seminal Emigrants and Exiles, and Breandán Mac Suibhne (Ed., Society and Manners in Early Nineteenth Century Ireland) will discuss fortune and immigration.

Professors Maureen O. Murphy (The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930) and Janet Nolan (Servants Of The Poor: Teachers And Mobility In Ireland And Irish America) will talk about women's role in immigration and upward mobility and NYU Irish and Irish-American Studies faculty members Professors Linda Dowling Almeida and Miriam Nyhan speak on the Glucksman Ireland House NYU Oral History of Irish America project and what is revealed about domestic economy.

Bruce Morrison, former Congressman from Connecticut, immigration lawyer, and lobbyist, will bring everyone there up to speed on where immigration policy is today and its directions for the future.

They will close the day with a response by Noel Kilkenny, the Consul General of Ireland in New York.

Tickets: A Day Pass will cost $60 and the Member's Day Pass is $50. This includes all talks between 9am-5pm. It does not include access to the VIP reception.

Tickets can be purchased at SmartTix.com or by calling SmartTix at (212) 868-4444.

Now, if you're up for some golf and you have your sticks ready well here is one of the most super golf events of the year.

Everyone is invited to the United Restaurant and Tavern Owners 26th Annual Golf Outing at Pelham/Split Rock Golf Club (870 Shore Road in the Bronx; (718) 885-1258).

I almost forgot the date... it's going to be held on Tuesday, May 15. You can call Maureen at (212) 557-5200 or e-mail her at Maureen@urandto.com.

The Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group will soon be presenting George Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman'.

This production, directed and adapted by David Staller, will run from April 26 to June 17 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street; (212) 727-2737).

Man and Superman is generally considered to be one of Shaw's comedic masterpieces.

The story involves the simple premise of a man, Jack Tanner, determined not to marry his ward, Ann Whitefield, who is equally determined to land him.

Ann chases Jack from London, across the channel, into the mountains of Spain, and even to Hell and back (in the famous dream scene of Don Juan in Hell).

This production is part of GTG's Shaw New York Festival. For information, visit www.projectshaw.com.

I was over in Slattery's Midtown Tavern last Friday after visiting the New York Auto Show in Javitts Center on the Westside... I spent the evening looking at cars I can't afford; well not now anyway, with the economy and petrol prices as they are, how could I do it?

But boy, were there some beautiful cars...

So look, I dropped in to Slattery's on 36th Street with the coffee man himself Pete Scalley for a cold one or two and it's nice to say the place was packed. Good you boys keep it up.

I got a call from Des O'Brien during the week and he has been working very hard as his partner Pat Burke was on a cruise for the week; poor old Des he must have been all over the place.

The good news is that Sky Sports will be back in full force in a couple of weeks as they were upgrading their system and Des, you will have plenty of rugby and football (soccer) games to watch live!

A message just came in from a friend of mine that said prison doctors have told the British government that Marian Price urgently needs to be hospitalized. Instead she is still in solitary confinement in a British prison.

You can help to free Marian Price by attending an afternoon of solidarity on Sunday April 22 at 2pm at Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook (34 Van Dyke).

Everyone who attends will be able to send a message to British Secretary of State Owen Patterson demanding that he set her free.

There will be performances from musicians including Chris Byrne, Mary Courtney and Peadar Hickey.

There will also be readings and special video and slide presentations.

Marian has already spent 336 days in solitary confinement. Come and help to end her suffering!

Julie Feeney will be playing live off-Broadway from April 25 until May 6 at the Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st Street; take the C or E lines to 50th Street).

Julie Feeney, the dramatic, flamboyant Irish star and prodigious singer, conductor, and performer is set to touch down in New York to perform for 10 nights off-Broadway (April 25 - May 6) in a music and theatrical show at the Irish Arts Center, to be co-directed by PS122's Vallejo Gantner.

Winner of the Choice Music Prize (Ireland's equivalent of the Mercury Prize) Feeney made her New York debut at Joe's Pub in 2011 before the US release of her album 'pages'.

Since then she has quickly amassed critical acclaim for her uncompromising sound that both Village Voice and Time Out New York called "captivating," drawing comparisons to everyone from Sufjan Stevens and Elvis Costello to Lady Gaga and Bjork.

Feeney's music, melding elements of Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, June Tabor and Philip Glass, is complemented by an ethereal stage show that features outrageous fashion and unconventional instrumentation arranged by Feeney herself.

The shows will be on at 8pm on Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets are $20 or $18 and there're taking bookings from www.irishartscenter.com or by calling (866) 811 4111.

See you all next week...