The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival

The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival 2026 Irish Fest is being planned!!

The Mahoning Valley Irish Cultural festival celebrating the Irish heritage in the Mahoning Valley through performances of Irish music & dancers, Irish food, crafts, clothing & good Irish family fun!

☘️🇮🇪 THE ANSWER IS… C!And if the name “Tara Brooch” convinced you to choose the Hill of Tara…WE GOT YOU. 😂☘️Despite its ...
09/14/2026

☘️🇮🇪 THE ANSWER IS… C!

And if the name “Tara Brooch” convinced you to choose the Hill of Tara…

WE GOT YOU. 😂☘️

Despite its famous name, the Tara Brooch was NOT discovered at Tara.

It was discovered near the seashore at Bettystown, County Meath, in 1850. 🇮🇪

The extraordinary brooch dates to approximately the 8th century and is one of the finest surviving examples of early medieval Irish metalwork.

So why do we call it the Tara Brooch if it wasn’t found at Tara? 🤔

That’s where the story gets even better.

The name was attached to the brooch after its discovery, associating it with Tara — the legendary seat of Ireland’s High Kings — despite there being no known historical connection between the brooch and Tara itself.

In other words…

☘️ THE NAME WAS BETTER MARKETING. 😂

More than 170 years later, the name stuck — and the Tara Brooch became one of Ireland’s most recognizable archaeological treasures.

Today, it is held by the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. 🇮🇪

So if you answered:

C — Bettystown, County Meath

👏 YOU GOT IT!

And if you confidently chose A because it’s literally called the Tara Brooch…

We’ll forgive you. 😂☘️

Thanks for playing another round of Sunday Irish Trivia!

We’ll have another piece of Irish history waiting for you next Sunday. 🇮🇪💚

☘️🇮🇪 SUNDAY IRISH TRIVIA! 🇮🇪☘️This week’s question involves one of Ireland’s most famous treasures — and don’t let its n...
09/13/2026

☘️🇮🇪 SUNDAY IRISH TRIVIA! 🇮🇪☘️

This week’s question involves one of Ireland’s most famous treasures — and don’t let its name fool you. 👀

The magnificent Tara Brooch, created more than 1,000 years ago, is considered one of the masterpieces of early medieval Irish metalwork.

But here’s the question…

☘️ Where was the Tara Brooch actually discovered?

A. On the Hill of Tara
B. Near the Cliffs of Moher
C. Near the seashore at Bettystown, County Meath
D. At the monastic settlement of Glendalough

🤔 Choose carefully… because the obvious answer isn’t always the right one.

👇 DROP YOUR ANSWER — A, B, C or D — IN THE COMMENTS!

And you know the rule…

NO GOOGLING. 😂☘️

We’ll reveal the answer Monday at noon!

09/12/2026

Sssoooo…
THE next festival date for The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival is about to drop.…
👀STAY TUNED 👀

🇺🇸 SEPTEMBER 11, 200125 years later, we remember.We remember the 2,977 lives taken on September 11, 2001.We remember the...
09/11/2026

🇺🇸 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

25 years later, we remember.

We remember the 2,977 lives taken on September 11, 2001.

We remember the passengers and crews aboard four flights.

We remember those who went to work that morning and never came home.

We remember the firefighters, police officers, paramedics and other first responders who ran toward unimaginable danger while others were trying to escape it.

We remember the families whose lives changed forever.

And we remember the countless men and women who answered the call to serve our country in the years that followed.

Twenty-five years have passed, but some moments should never become simply another page in history.

The images.
The names.
The sacrifice.
The courage.
The way Americans came together in the days that followed.

Today, The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival joins our community and our nation in remembering all those we lost and honoring all those who served.

🇺🇸 We remember them. We honor them. We will never forget.

September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2026

☘️🇮🇪 THE ANSWER IS… B! 🇮🇪☘️If you guessed that the WHITE in the Irish tricolour represents peace and unity between diffe...
09/07/2026

☘️🇮🇪 THE ANSWER IS… B! 🇮🇪☘️

If you guessed that the WHITE in the Irish tricolour represents peace and unity between different traditions in Ireland — YOU GOT IT! 👏

Ireland’s flag may look simple — green, white and orange — but those three colors carry a powerful message.

💚 GREEN represents the Irish nationalist tradition.

🧡 ORANGE represents the Orange tradition and those associated historically with William of Orange.

🤍 And between them is WHITE — symbolizing the hope for peace and unity between those traditions.

And that placement matters.

The white doesn’t simply fill the middle of the flag. It represents the aspiration for lasting peace between the green and the orange. 🇮🇪

The Irish Constitution describes the national flag as the tricolour of green, white and orange, and the symbolism traditionally associated with it reminds us that Ireland’s flag isn’t simply a national emblem.

It’s also an expression of hope. ☘️

So if you answered B, give yourself some bragging rights! 😂👏

And if the meaning of the white surprised you, you’re definitely not alone.

Thanks for playing another round of Sunday Irish Trivia with us!

We’ll have another question waiting for you next Sunday. ☘️🇮🇪

🇺🇸☘️ BUILT BY HARD WORK. CARRIED FORWARD BY GENERATIONS.Labor Day has always been about more than a day off.It is a day ...
09/07/2026

🇺🇸☘️ BUILT BY HARD WORK. CARRIED FORWARD BY GENERATIONS.

Labor Day has always been about more than a day off.

It is a day to recognize the men and women whose work built our communities, strengthened our industries and created opportunities for the generations who followed them.

For Irish immigrants who came to America, that story has particular meaning.

They worked on railroads and canals. In mines, mills and factories. They built roads, raised buildings and took on some of the hardest and most dangerous jobs available to them.

Here in the Mahoning Valley, generations of working families helped build a region known for something that still defines us today:

We know how to work.

Their jobs may have changed over the generations, but that spirit hasn’t.

Today, we honor the tradespeople, teachers, first responders, healthcare workers, small business owners, factory workers, service workers and every person who gets up each day and puts in the work to provide for a family and build a better future.

And we remember the generations who did the same before us.

From all of us at THE Mahoning Valley Irish Festival, Happy Labor Day. 🇺🇸☘️

To those who built before us, those working beside us and those who will carry it forward — thank you.

Lá an Lucht Oibre sona daoibh. 💚
Happy Labor Day to you all.

☘️🇮🇪 SUNDAY IRISH TRIVIA! 🇮🇪☘️We all recognize it instantly…🟩⬜🟧But how well do you know what Ireland’s tricolour actuall...
09/06/2026

☘️🇮🇪 SUNDAY IRISH TRIVIA! 🇮🇪☘️

We all recognize it instantly…

🟩⬜🟧

But how well do you know what Ireland’s tricolour actually represents? 👀

🇮🇪 What was the WHITE in the Irish flag intended to symbolize?

A. Ireland’s ancient Gaelic clans
B. Peace and unity between different traditions in Ireland
C. The Catholic Church
D. Ireland’s independence from Great Britain

Think you know? 🤔

👇 DROP YOUR ANSWER — A, B, C or D — IN THE COMMENTS!

And you know the rule…

NO GOOGLING. 😂☘️

We’ll reveal the answer Monday at noon!

From The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival, Congratulations on the Blue Ribbon, Teagan!!!!
09/05/2026

From The Mahoning Valley Irish Festival, Congratulations on the Blue Ribbon, Teagan!!!!

☘️🐺 Irish Wolfhounds of Northeast Ohio🇮🇪🐾 SOME OF OUR FESTIVAL GUESTS WERE A LITTLE TALLER — AND A WHOLE LOT FURRIER — T...
09/05/2026

☘️🐺 Irish Wolfhounds of Northeast Ohio

🇮🇪🐾 SOME OF OUR FESTIVAL GUESTS WERE A LITTLE TALLER — AND A WHOLE LOT FURRIER — THAN THE REST.

If you had the chance to meet the Irish Wolfhounds of Northeast Ohio at THE Mahoning Valley Irish Festival 2026, chances are you didn’t forget them. ☘️

It’s pretty hard to overlook an Irish Wolfhound. 😂

These magnificent gentle giants are one of the most recognizable dog breeds associated with Ireland, with a history stretching back centuries in Irish culture.

Known for their tremendous size and characteristically calm, dignified nature, Irish Wolfhounds have a fascinating history — originally prized in Ireland as hunting and guardian dogs and appearing throughout Irish legend and lore. 🇮🇪

And getting to see them up close is an entirely different experience from simply reading about them.

That’s why we were so happy to welcome Irish Wolfhounds of Northeast Ohio to this year’s festival. 💚

Their regional community brings together Irish Wolfhound owners and enthusiasts while helping people learn more about these extraordinary dogs, responsible ownership and the breed itself.

And judging by the attention these guys received during festival weekend…

WE’RE PRETTY SURE THEY HAD A FEW FANS. 😂🐾

To everyone from Irish Wolfhounds of Northeast Ohio who joined us — both the two-legged AND four-legged members:

GO RAIBH MÍLE MAITH AGAIBH! ☘️🇮🇪

Thank you for spending part of your weekend with us and for bringing another wonderful piece of Irish heritage to THE Mahoning Valley Irish Festival.

👇 Did you meet the Irish Wolfhounds at the festival?

We’d LOVE to see your pictures! Drop one in the comments — and tell us if seeing one in person made you realize just how BIG these beautiful dogs really are. 😂💚🐾

☘️💚 LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A FESTIVAL WEEKEND, THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD ONE.The gates opened for two d...
09/04/2026

☘️💚 LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A FESTIVAL WEEKEND, THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD ONE.

The gates opened for two days.
But THE Mahoning Valley Irish Festival 2026 was months in the making.

Before there were stages filled with musicians…
Before the dancers performed…
Before the vendors set up…
Before the food was served…
Before a single festival-goer walked through the gates…

There were meetings.
Lots of meetings. 😂

There were phone calls, emails, spreadsheets, contracts, schedules, permits, sponsorships, entertainment arrangements, menus, advertising, logistics, troubleshooting and approximately 47 million conversations that began with:

“Okay… what else do we need?” 😂☘️

Behind every festival is a group of people willing to take an idea and do the decidedly less glamorous work required to turn it into something real.

For months, the committee behind THE Mahoning Valley Irish Festival worked through the details, the decisions, the changes, the unexpected problems and all those little things most people never know happened.

And then August 15 arrived.

The gates opened.
The music started.
The dancers danced.
The food was served.

People laughed, visited, listened, ate, shopped and celebrated.
And suddenly all those months of work became a festival. 💚🇮🇪

To every member of our 2026 Festival Committee:
GO RAIBH MÍLE MAITH AGAIBH.

Thank you for the meetings.
Thank you for the planning.
Thank you for the late nights.
Thank you for answering the phone.
Thank you for solving the problems nobody else ever knew existed.
Thank you for showing up.

And most of all…
thank you for believing that Irish heritage and tradition are worth working to preserve and celebrate right here in the Mahoning Valley. ☘️

The public saw two days.
You know everything it took to get there.
And that’s something worth being proud of. 💚

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