Irish faith, culture and heritage were on display at the 34th annual Great Irish Fair of New York at MCU Park, Coney Island, Sept. 26-27. The slideshow features the O’Malley Irish Dance Academy; the band Broken Banjo Strings; this year’s honorees, including close-ups of Chief Brehon Ken Daly, Colleen Queen Grace Sullivan, Jerry Forest Memorial Award recipient James McHugh and Captain Timothy Stackpole Memorial Award recipient FF. Patrick Nash; students from St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights; 2010 Colleen Queen Siobhan McGirl with her grandfather Al O’Hagan, former fair chairman, and some merchants’ displays of Irish goods.
