An Irish Celebration of the Erie Canal's 200th Birthday

​Find out how our ancestors picked up the nickname "Wild Irish". Chuckle at the lyrics of a song about whiskey. Tap your toe to plenty of rollicking traditional tunes. And learn a little something about how Irish immigrants helped to build one of the most influential engineering projects in American history.

You'll come away with all this and more when you attend Craobh Dugan's original program The Irish and the Erie. It was researched and written by our own Mike Hoke, who also plays fiddle and sings with Bill Fahy, Ed Campbell, Mike Carroll, Skip Mansur, and Sue Romero in the one-hour show. Bill Fahy also sings a charming original song of his own about the misadventures of a hoggee who spent a summer walking from Albany to Buffalo.

You can find the dates and times of performances already scheduled on our Calendar page.

And if you'd like us to present the show at your meeting, museum or other venue, send us a message on our Contact page. 

UPDATE
​The Irish and the Erie CD

In March 2018 we released a CD recording of the music from our Irish and the Erie program. You can learn all about it on our special Irish and the Erie webpage.