Eoin McKiernan Library

05/15/2026

With music from Seán Keegan & Macdara Ó Faoláin, June McCormick & Michael Rooney, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Laura Feddersen & Nathan Gourley, John Doyle, Victoria Adiiye, Jean-Michel Veillon and Charlie Harris.

05/01/2026

Saturday at noon on The Shamrock Shore on Jazz88: an interview with Grainne Hunt who performs at Celtic Junction Arts Center Sunday and music from The Castle Ceili Band, Will Woodson & Caitlin Finley, Pat Fleming, Steve Cooney, Timmy O'Conner, Adrienne O'Shea, The Harbor, Frankie Gavin, Four Winds, Seán Keane, Skipper's Alley, Brett Lipshutz & Randy Gosa and Laoise Kelly.

04/20/2026

Check out this 1915 newspaper photo of Minneapolis uilleann piper Patrick J. Linehan! I'll be speaking about Linehan's life and music at the Celtic Junction Arts Center this Saturday, April 25th at 2pm where I'll be joined by Tom Dahill -- current owner of Linehan's pipes! Info on the Celtic Junction talk (which is free and available to livestream) here: https://celticjunction.org/event/patrick-linehan-minnesotas-first-uilleann-piper

This photo ran in the Irish Standard newspaper on June 26, 1915 with an article about the Ancient Order of Hibernians Picnic and Home Coming at Erin, Wisconsin held on Wednesday, June 16th that summer.

(Our friends at the Ward Irish Music Archives might be interested in the Wisconsin connection!)

04/11/2026

Minneapolis newspapers once described Patrick J. Linehan as “the only known player of Irish bagpipes in the Twin Cities”—and the owner of the only set of Irish pipes in the Northwest.

As part of Irish Arts Week, join us in just two weeks, on April 25, from 2:00–3:30 pm for Patrick Linehan: Minnesota’s First Uilleann Piper.

Born in New York City to a piper from north County Cork, Linehan came to Minnesota as an infant and lived a remarkable life—breaking log jams, surviving the Great Hinckley Fire, and later performing with silent film and on Twin Cities radio in the 1920s.

Eoin McKiernan Library Director Brian Miller shares new findings on Linehan’s life, music, and the legacy of his uilleann pipes—still played in the Twin Cities today.

Attend in person (reserve your spot) or via Zoom (registration required). Both options are free. Get those links at https://celticjunction.org/event/patrick-linehan-minnesotas-first-uilleann-piper/

03/24/2026

Patrick Linehan: Minnesota’s First Uilleann Piper
📅 April 25 | 2:00 pm
📍 In person + online | Free

Discover the story of Patrick J. Linehan (1869–1938), once described as the only known player of Irish bagpipes in the Twin Cities—and the owner of the only set of Irish pipes in the Northwest.

From surviving the Great Hinckley Fire to performing alongside silent film and on early Twin Cities radio, Linehan led a remarkable life shaped by music and history.

Library Director Brian Miller shares new research into Linehan’s life and legacy, including the story of his William Rowsome pipes—still played in the Twin Cities today.

🔗 REGISTER for Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n-28DGN6SuSOhFfvpV1SEQ #/registration
🔗 RSVP to attend in-person: https://celticjunction.org/product/patrick-linehan-rsvp/

Eoin McKiernan Library

03/07/2026

On the air at noon!

Tune into The Shamrock Shore Saturday at noon for a conversation with the band Goitse, two takes on an old Scottish ballad by The Bothy Band and Joni Mitchell and music from James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien and Dáithí Sproule, Claire Egan, Conor Arkins & Paul Clesham, Dave Cory & Ted Davis, Vincent Doherty, Conor McDonough & Andrew Caden, Stephen McKee & Gary Curley, Cormac Begley & Liam O'Connor and Dervish.

02/13/2026

Fitzgerald family history! Give Celtic Junction Education a follow as they develop their page!

02/04/2026

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01/10/2026

Tune in to The Shamrock Shore at noon for an interview with Sean Egan about this great local band! Then come out and hear them next Friday at Celtic Junction Arts Center: https://celticjunction.org/event/canadh-croi-album-release-2026/

01/02/2026

Danny Diamond drops into The Shamrock Shore tomorrow at 12pm on Jazz88.fm to share a set of tunes from the new Northern Shores album (featuring yours truly on guitar). We'll also hear Nathan Gourley & Laura Feddersen, LANKUM, Padraig McGovern & Peter Carberry, Cabaret Gael-Linn, Seán Ó Riada, Connie O’Connell, Patsy O'Brien & Matt Mancuso, Brass Lassie, Laura MacKenzie, Patty Bronson and Dáithí Sproule, Doireann Glackin & Sarah Flynn, The Murphy Beds and Paraic Mac Donnchadha, Pádraic Keane & Macdara Ó Faoláin