THE SPIRIT OF IRELAND HIBERNIAN BOOK NIGHT IS BACK! Join us November 19 at Kells Restaurant on SW Second for an evening of readings, reflections and reactions to the written word with Irish blood in its veins. (Mixed metaphor.) Six P.M. for no-host dinner and Seven P.M. for the readings.

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folkefire. It’s not just one

Mike Phillips, who happens to hold the title of Portland Hibernian Minister of Music, will perform Sat. night Oct.24 at Kells on SW Second in Portland. Fellow Hibernian Daniel Curran recently spent some time with Mike and sent this dispatch to the PDX Hibernian Independent.

What a musician listens to in December

Glen Hansard, formerly of The Commitments, busking on the streets of Dublin is a musical Christmas treasure acc. to Minister of Music Mike Phillips. You’ll never guess what his favorite Christmas song of all is.