2009 Photos
2009 Beaufort Irish Festival Photos
Guest lecturer Howard Keeley “Irish Cottages”

Prelude music by Grace Glasson

Irish folktales by Seanachie Batt Burns

Concertina music by Maura Burns

Irish Ceili Dance lesson enjoyed by all ages

The O'Carolan Trio at the Gala...

Music and humor of Carroll Brown and friends, at the Gala

The Beaufort Youth Orchestra quartet setting the tone at the "Molly Malone Parade"

 

Bagpiper leads the Parade

...followed by Grand Marshall Mayor Billy Keyserling

Little Irishman gathering cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o... ...Irish fisherman pulling young daughters in carriage....

Molly Malone and Irish Dancing Queen 

Beaufort Irish Dance Troupe opens with Siege of Ennis 

 

 

.Champion stepdancer Delaney dancing a slip jig...

Harry O'Donoghue welcomes Festival-goers at USCB PAC 

 

 

Beaufort Irish Dance Troupe concludes with reel steps

Celtic Traditions of the SunDancers dance The 6 Hand Reel 

 

 

Harry O'Donoghue  

Glor Na h'Eirann/ Pride of Ireland Dance School (Savannah) champion dancers wow the crowd

 

 

Glor Na h'Eirann and friends conclude with a treble reel

The Dady Brothers  

 

 

The Dady Brothers bringing down the house...

TWO Dady Brothers playing ONE Fiddle between them... 

 

 

Musical Workshop, with personal coaching by the Dady Brothers

Lauren Rogers of The Spirit of Old Beaufort mesmerizes children with story and song

 

 

Authentic lamb stew from an authentic Irish chef

Irish handcrafts from an Irish colleen

The Dady Brothers, Harry O'Donoghue, Carroll Brown and friends jam at Rosie O'Grady's

Thank you from the 2009 Beaufort Irish Festival Committee

Photos by D. Starkey