The Riverdance phenomenon continues as the world-famous Irish dance show celebrated its 5,000th performance in San-Francisco last month and Mayor Willie Brown Jr. proclaimed March 6 "Riverdance Day." Brown attended the performance and presented a proclamation to stars Tara Barry and Michael Patrick Gallagher. ♦ … [Read more...] about Riverdance Celebrates
5,000th Performance
San Francisco
Riverdance Celebrates
Mission Dolores
By Jim Sullivan
January / February 1994
A Californian Mission's Irish Past Mission Dolores, the oldest building in San Francisco, was the sixth of twenty-one missions, built under the direction of Father Junipero Serra and the Franciscan fathers, that would eventually stretch "about a hard day's drive [ride] from one to the next," from the Mexican border to an area north of San Francisco now known as Sonoma … [Read more...] about Mission Dolores