Sunday, July 09, 2006

Irish Heritage Day

LEGALIZE THE IRISH shirts were spotted Sunday at the Irish Heritage Day at Ridge Road Park in Hartsdale, New York. The theme of the event, sponsored by the American-Irish Association of Westchester County, was
"Keep the Tradition Alive!"

The crowds were entertained by step-dancers from the O'Rourke Irish Dancers, and music by the Guss Hayes Band, the Chris Brown Band, Celtic Justice, the Tim Harte Band, Padraig Allen, and, of course, the Westchester County Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums Corps. The Gus Allen Band urged everyone to Keep the Irish tradition alive by supporting the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform and the push for comprehensive immigration reform.


Enthusiastic football fans flocked around a small television set up at the concessions stand to view the World Cup final between Italy and France. The Azzurri prevailed on penalty kicks.

Congratulations to Bob Strauf and the American-Irish Association for hosting a wonderful event. They truly are keeping the tradition alive in Westchester County.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was at the festival in hartsdale it was great to see you guys their we owe the Irish so much ,every thing they have done to make America the greatest country in the world .They have been here right from the very start keep up the great work our day will come

Anonymous said...

Possibly another poster ill-qualified for an EB-n visa?

No, that is wrong.

The Italians, Spanish, Dutch, English, Portugese, et al arrived long before the Irish fled their peat and mud huts.

Anonymous said...

Well Said Jason I could'nt agree more. Congratulations to all for their hard work. Tiocfaidh Ar La

Anonymous said...

Anonymous can't even spell Portuguese. Bright boy.

Anonymous said...

Lets get one thing straight people the Irish,Scotch and Dutch were brought here as slaves to work for the English right from the start long befor the famine.The first writeings about north America were made by an Irish monk long before clombus was born