The death has taken place of the musician Noel Kelehan, known to TV audiences throughout Europe as conductor of many Irish entries to the Eurovision Song Contest He was 76.

Thomas More College will host a "Night of Irish Music" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10.

WESTON, Mo., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As we speed toward that metamorphic holiday in March where the whole world turns green and becomes Irish, St Patrick's Day, the Irish Music Association has released a new list of the Best in Irish Music, creating new international icons in the genre.

Longview?s LeTourneau University will be one of three Texas stops in coming days for the farewell tour of the celebration of Irish music, song and dance ? Riverdance.

The event had been publicized, ?several hundred? advance tickets sold, performers and vendors contracted. Bill and Karen Reid?s popular Mid-Winter Scottish and Irish Music Festival and Fair was set to move into Valley Forge Convention Center Feb. 17-19 ? pretty much the same weekend the lively Celtic bash has packed the venue for 17 years.