[mk_page_section padding_top=”128″ padding_bottom=”128″ section_id=”welcome” el_class=”difFullHeight difd_add-triangle-top-left-orange” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”60053″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1582214853259{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Whatever could Ireland have in common with Western Mass? Quite a lot!
Irish immigration to New England reached a peak in the mid-19th century, when the Irish potato famine of the 1840’s created widespread loss of life and terrible hardship for countless families. Thousands found a new life in Western Mass. Today, Western Mass honors and celebrates all things Irish.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_padding_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/iron-duke-irish.jpg” image_width=”325″ image_height=”217″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Iron Duke Brewing -” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%2300b2ba” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Firondukebrewing.com%2F||target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583859958742{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
- March 13 – Billy Eagan & The Rising – 7-10pm
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- March 13 – A Taste of Ireland – 4:30-6:30pm
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider margin_top=”40″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/starting-gate-irish.jpg” image_width=”325″ image_height=”199″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”The Starting Gate at Greathorse -” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%2300b2ba” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestartinggate.com%2Fpublic-events||target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1582219619305{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
- March 14 – Celebrating the Irish –
Nashville Recording artist Dee Reilly – 6-10pm
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider margin_top=”40″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/back-east-brewing-irish.jpg” image_width=”325″ image_height=”218″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Back East Brewing -” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%2300b2ba” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.backeastbrewing.com%2Fhome||target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583529702729{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
- March 14 – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – 12-8pm
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- March 14 – Be Brave and Shave on Armory Square – 11am-2pm
(St. Baldrick’s Foundation event to benefit childhood cancer research)
- March 14 – Kegs & Eggs 8am at TAP
Food Trucks 11am
Live Music 2-11pm
Bar Crawl 2pm at TAP
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider margin_top=”40″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/delaney-irish.jpg” image_width=”325″ image_height=”249″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”The Delaney House –” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%2300b2ba” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delaneyhouse.com%2Flearn-to-drink-like-a-pro||target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1582227523658{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
- March 16 – Let’s Get Shamrocked (Dingle Distillery) – 6pm
Learn to Drink Like a Pro
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- March 17 – St. Pattys Day Special – $17 off Lift Ticket – 9am-4pm
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- March 26 – The Luck O’ the Irish Whiskey Tasting – 6-10pm
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