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They’re “Kickin’ It Irish” at the State Fair’s International Bazaar
WCCO CBS NEWS MINNESOTA, Sept 1, 2023
Natalie O’Shea, with O’Shea Irish Dance, introduces the performance of Kickin' It Irish at the Minnesota State Fair.
Irish Fair returns to Harriet Island
ST PAUL, Minn. — You don't have to be Irish to have some fun at the annual Irish Fair in St. Paul.
The event returns to Harriet Island from Friday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Aug. 13, featuring music, dance, storytelling, activities and of course, great food.
Organizers say the Irish Fair is recognized as one of the "largest and most authentic" Irish festivals in the U.S.
‘Irish Music’ on TPT's Almanac
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 47
Center for Irish Music joins to talk upcoming Irish Fair of MN and play live in the studio.
‘Irish Work Songs’ on TPT's Almanac
Live music in the studio from CJAC's singing librarian Brian Miller and fiddler Danny Diamond.
O'Shea is a bold young singer
Album Review: “Threads of Gold” is a stellar debut from a bold young singer I hope to hear more from in the future. O’Shea’s singing is superb, as is the music that accompanies it. If your tastes include singers like Karan Casey, Cathy Jordan, and Nuala Kennedy, or Anaïs Mitchell (and I think specifically of the Child Ballads album she did with Jefferson Hamer), or groups like the Murphy Beds or even Lankum, this is an album for you...
‘Kickin’ it Irish’ with Jason & Alicia
KARE 11 Sunrise anchors Alicia Lewis and Jason Hackett stopped by the Celtic Junction Arts Center for a crash course in Irish dancing.
St. Paul’s Irish history
KARE 11 on March 17, 2023.
With today being St. Patrick’s Day, KARE 11 Sunrise anchor Jason Hackett looks at the Irish history in St. Paul.
*Irish on Grand, Irish Fair of Minnesota, Center for Irish Music, and Celtic Junction Arts Center make appearances!
Irish dancers join the KARE 11 Saturday show
Filmed at KARE 11 on March 11, 2023.
"Kickin' It Irish" is a Gaelic celebration highlighting traditional and contemporary Irish step-dancing and music featuring world-class musicians gifted in Irish bodhran, whistle, flute, fiddle, guitar, accordion, African djembe and song.
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: An International Women's Day salute to Natalie O'Shea of the Twin Cities Irish centre
In the fabric of Minnesota’s history and culture is embroidered the name of someone to be celebrated not only on International Women’s Day but on every day of the year as she meticulously weaves her passion for the arts together with Irish music, dance, and language to create the cultural colossus that is The Celtic Junction Arts Center of St Paul.
Celtic Junction in St Paul, MN, joins forces with Gael Linn in an Irish language first
Celtic Junction Arts Center launches its winter quarter with a new partnership with Irish language and culture organization Gael Linn, to provide world-class Irish Language instruction tailored to North American learners.
Ojibwe and Irish connection celebrated with music, dance at LCO College
Sawyer County Record By Terrell Boettcher News Editor, Apr 27, 2022
Irishinaabe,” an Irish and Ojibwe cultural exchange, was celebrated Wednesday, April 20, with music and dance in the Pipe Mustache auditorium at Lac Courte Oreilles Oibwe College.
Celebrate the Irish language with Celtic Junction in Minnesota this weekend
IrishCentral In Partnership With: Celtic Junction Arts Center
The Celtic Junction Arts Center in Minnesota is hosting the 2022 Irish Arts Week, a community festival sharing Irish arts and culture and more.
The Power of Indigenous Languages: Native American and Irish speakers
IrishCentral In Partnership With: Celtic Junction Arts Center March
A discussion hosted by the Celtic Junction Arts Center on the value, preservation, and challenges facing the languages of the Gaeltacht and of the Anishinaabe nation.
Celtic Junction launches semester of unique Irish themed online classes
IrishCentral In partnership with: Celtic Junction Arts Center,
A new semester of classes from the Irish College of Minnesota could be your chance to reconnect with your Irish heritage this year!
“Trees for Ireland” - a rebirth and return
IrishCentral In partnership with: Celtic Junction Arts Center,
Celtic Junction Arts Center in Minnesota remembers beloved benefactor Eoin McKiernan and shares why they are proud to support Irish Heritage Tree.
Twin Cities Irish hub unveils virtual college winter program
The Irish Echo,
Celtic Junction Arts Center has taken the wraps off its winter program for the Irish College of Minnesota. Fifteen online classes will take place on a rolling basis beginning January 17 through April 7, 2022. Classes range from one session to 16 and cover a wide range of topics including Irish language, history and literature, and the Celtic creative arts. Registration is available on the Coláiste na nGaedheal Minnesota website.
Published by Irish Stew Podcast on Sept. 27, 2021 (S3E2).
Irish Studies - for the common folk - at the Irish College of Minnesota
IrishCentral In Partnership With: Celtic Junction Arts Center,
Registration is now open for The Irish College of Minnesota's classes in Irish language, Irish history and literature, and creative arts for its Fall 2021 semester.
Natalie Nugent- O'Shea and Cormac Ó Sé, Founders of the Celtic Junction Art Centre
Belfast Media. May 4, 2021
Finding Minnesota: Celtic Junction Arts Center
WCCO 4 News At 10 - March 17, 2021
John Lauritsen takes us to an Irish heritage center unlike any other in the Midwest.
Irish stand with Native Americans in revitalizing culture, language in bond dating to Great Potato Famine
Frank Vaisvilas / Green Bay Press-Gazette
This article was originally published here on March 17, 2021.
Irish dancers on display at the State Fair's International Bazaar.
St. Patrick's Day Kickin' It Irish performance
WCCO This Morning: Kickin’ It Irish
These Celtic Dance Moves Will Get You In The Mood For St. Patrick's - March 15, 2018
Irish Fest comes to Minnesota
Ceol Traidisiúnta na Cathracha Chúpla: Irish Music in the Twin Cities
By Morgan Sleeper / Ethnomusicology at Macalester College
This article was originally published here in September of 2011.