Echoes of Erin broadcasting on WEDO 810AM

and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and @ 10:30pm

And a rebroadcast on www.kdwradio.com, on

Wednesday @ 1:30pm, Click on LISTEN LIVE

 

Diane V. Byrnes                                                       DATELINE IRISH

78 Grant Avenue                                                     Sunday, January 17, 2021

Pittsburgh PA 15223                                               Program # 1713

412.781.6368                                                           On the air since Feb. 7, 1988

Email: diane.byrnes@verizon.net                               

 

Each Wednesday, Echoes of Erin is re-broadcast on www.kdwradio.com from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  After you click on the link, click on Listen Live.

 

Sponsors for Echoes of Erin for The Ireland Report and The Top of the Hour Moment are needed throughout 2021?  Please contact me at 412.781.6368 or diane.byrnes@verizon.net.

 

The Knights of Equity is once again renting the Club Rooms.  Space can accommodate up to 110 persons, a full service kitchen, and new dance floor, with parking close by.  Contact Michael Culhane @ 412.821.9113 or by email: mike3789@verizon.net.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 16

• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., will open for dining from 11:00am.  All are welcome.  Wearing a mask and social distancing of 6 feet are required.  Outdoor space has been added and it is recommended to make a table reservation at 412.642.6622.  Saturday entertainment is Mark Guiser from 6pm to 9pm.  Take Out meals from Tuesday thru Saturday and highly encouraged especially if you cannot make it into the Pub.  www.harpandfiddle.com.

 

Sunday, January 17

      

Davy Kettyles

• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and again @ 10:30pm on FM 93.3.

The Ireland Report comes to us from Dublin with Davy Kettyles. The program is rebroadcast @ 1:30pm each Wednesday at www.kdwradio.com, click on Listen Live. 

 

• Calliope Pittsburgh Folk Music Society presents Sweet Honey in the Rock.  Join Washington, D.C.-based, African-American a cappella ensemble as they mark this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a celebration of hope, resilience, and new beginnings. The ensemble will take the stage at the historic Lincoln Theatre, where they will connect with an audience of thousands who join via Zoom from around the world.

The concert will feature an exciting lineup of special guests including Kiki Shepard, Keith David, Mumu Fresh, Azar Lawrence, and Wycliffe Gordon who reflect the life of Reverend King and offer words of inspiration for the future.  Website  www.calliopehouse.org

 

Tuesday, January 19

• Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, 2329 Penn Ave., will open for business at 11:0am.  All are welcome.  Wearing a mask and social distancing of 6 feet are required.  Outdoor space has been added and it is recommended to make a table reservation at 412.642.6622.

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

• Calliope Pittsburgh Folk Music Society presents  RootsCellar @Home Presents, Award-winning actor, writer, and musician Jeff Daniels will be live-streaming a concert at 8 pm EST. This is a BRAND NEW show featuring music from his new album, Alive and Well Enough, Daniels crafts an intimate, entertaining, and unforgettable evening. Music lovers and movie fans alike love his songs and playing and musicianship, and those stories that only he can tell.  Information and tickets are available on our website www.calliopehouse.org

 

Sunday, January 24, 2021

   

  Patricia Sharkey

• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and again @ 10:30pm on FM 93.3. The Ireland Report comes to us from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey. The program is rebroadcast @ 10:30pm tonight on FM 93.3, and 1:30pm each Wednesday at www.kdwradio.com, click on Listen Live. 

 

Sunday, January 31, 2021

        

Mairtin O’Muilleoir 

• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and again @ 10:30pm on FM 93.3. The Ireland Report comes to us from Belfast with Mairtin O’Muilleoir, www.newbelfast.com.    The program is rebroadcast @ 1:30pm each Wednesday at www.kdwradio.com, click on Listen Live. 

 

February 7  -- Echoes of Erin’s 33rd Anniversary Broadcasting on WEDO

   

  Patricia Sharkey

• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and again @ 10:30pm on FM 93.3. The Ireland Report comes to us from Donegal with Patricia Sharkey.  The program is rebroadcast @ 10:30pm tonight on FM 93.3, and 1:30pm each Wednesday at www.kdwradio.com, click on Listen Live. 

 

February 14

      

Brian Nolan

• Echoes of Erin on WEDO 810AM and FM 93.3 @ 12:30pm and again @ 10:30pm on FM 93.3. The Ireland Report comes to us from County Galway w/ Brian Nolan, www.galwaywalks.com. The program is rebroadcast @ 1:30pm each Wednesday at www.kdwradio.com, click on Listen Live. 

 

February 19-21, 2021

• Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming “Winter Workshop”.  This will be a remote-learning workshop, with guest instructors Robert Mathieson (Scotland), Bruce Gandy (Canada), and Andrew Carlisle (Northern Ireland/Pittsburgh).  The cost of our weekend workshop for Pipers and Drummers is $275 USD. Students who refer new students to us will receive $50 off the price of the workshop for every new student referred.  www.bagpiping.org  www.balmoralclassic.org

 

Saturday, February 20

• AOH Division 4’s 250 Banquet is cancelled due to Coronavirus.

 

Sunday, February 21

• Telephone interview with James Gourlay, Musical and Artistic Director, River City Brass Band.

 

Sunday, April 11

• AOH Sean MacBride Division 32 will hold their Annual Mass & Communion Breakfast at The Priory, Mass @ 10am.  Details will follow.

 

Saturday, April 24

• AOH Division 1 in the South Hills has rescheduled the Annual Night of Irish Music at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall.  Details TBD.

 

Saturday, May 8

• AOH PA State President’s Dinner, hosted by AOH Division 4 in the North Hills.  Patrick O’Brien is current PA State President and member of AOH Division 4.  The events of the day will take place at the Doubletree Hotel in Greentree.  Meeting and Mass prior to dinner.  Details TBA.

 

Tuesday, December 14

• Celtic Thunder IRELAND, at The Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, 15601 https://www.thepalacetheatre.org/concerts-events/celtic-thunder/

 

Sponsors of The Ireland Report for 2021

• May – Knights of Equity, Court 9 Pittsburgh, Mike Culhane, Worthy Sir Knight, Mike3789@verizon.net  / 412-821.9113.

 

Sponsors of “The Top of the Hour Moment, 2021”

• 2020 March – Dorothy Flaherty Weldon, National Past President LAOH

2020 August – Larry Brophy, celebrating 25 years of Sobriety