The Nativity Scene in the East Room of the White House

Go raibh s�och�n na Nollag

agus Bliain Nua faoi sh�an 's faoi

shonas ort 's ar do mhuintir!

May the peace of Christmas

and a happy and prosperous New Year

be with you and yours!

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If you can't attend The Irish Tenors Holiday Concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle tonight, December 19th, the next best thing might be listening to Car�l Loch Garman (The Wexford Carol) as played by Belfast's James Galway, "The Man With the Golden Flute". The Wexford Carol is one of Europe's oldest Christmas Carols and originates from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in the 12th century. Traditionally sung only by men, the Carol is better known today by its opening words in English, "Good people all, this Christmas time".

Or see traditional Irish music group Altan at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin singing an Irish Gaelic Christmas Carol called Don o�che �d i mBeithil (I Sing of That Night in Bethlehem).

Or listen to Enya's beautiful version of O�che Chi�in (Silent Night in Irish Gaelic).   

And on New Year's Eve, give a proper goodbye to the old year with The High Kings singing The Parting Glass. A farewell song dating from at least the early 1600s, The Parting Glass was widely popular in Ireland and Scotland long before Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne in 1788.

Three seniors and two teachers from a Secondary School in Dublin made a video to help raise awareness of the homeless this Christmas.

Watch Ireland's Laureate na n�g (Children's Laureate) and some elementary school students create a Christmas Window at a Dublin Bookstore. The role of the Laureate na n�g is to engage young people with high quality children's literature.

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Beannachta� na Nollag - Merry Christmas  

from

The Irish Heritage Club

Seattle Irish Immigrant Support

The Seattle Galway Association

and The Friends of St. Patrick in Seattle

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