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Extra Irish

Sitting behind Monte Belmonte (front) are (from right) Emer Maguire, Gerald Costello, Michael Morgan, Lynn Lovell, Rosemary Caine and Stephanie Carlson — all crammed into the studio at NEPM.
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Sitting behind Monte Belmonte (front) are (from right) Emer Maguire, Gerald Costello, Michael Morgan, Lynn Lovell, Rosemary Caine and Stephanie Carlson — all crammed into the studio at NEPM.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh uilig amuigh ansin! Ár gcéad seó le gach Aoi beo!

For St. Patrick's Day, we bring in extra Irish by learning the language! So we invite a Fulbright scholar, Emer Maguire, and Gerald Costello of Elms College to come and teach us a few phrases. They also give us a quick look at how the language has evolved and endured, even here in western Massachusetts!

Rosemary Caine delights us with her harp and some traditional and original tunes with her band, the Wilde Irish Shenanigans, just before their shows in Northampton and Greenfield this weekend.

And Sean Barry of Four Seasons Wine & Spirits opened our first whiskey thunderdome! Whose spirit will reign supreme?

You'll have to listen to find out!

Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.