http://bigfrog104.com The Best And Most Country Sat, 18 May 2013 16:09:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://bigfrog104.com/more-pre-st-patricks-day-events-in-utica/ http://bigfrog104.com/more-pre-st-patricks-day-events-in-utica/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:10:56 +0000 Greg Splashin' McShea http://bigfrog104.com/?p=66010 The Utica St. Patrick's Day Parade is this Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. down Genesee Street. There are many events going on all this week ahead of St. Paddy's day, paving the way for the special "wearing of the green".

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]]> http://bigfrog104.com/its-the-passing-of-the-shillelagh-tonight/feed/ 0 courtesy of Great American Irish Festival/flickr http://bigfrog104.com/great-american-irish-festival-this-weekend/ http://bigfrog104.com/great-american-irish-festival-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:10:46 +0000 Greg Splashin' McShea http://bigfrog104.com/?p=21133 As my dear old Irish dad used to say, "There are two kinds of Irish - those that are and those that want to be". Well, with a name like McShea, there's no doubt my Irish heritage, and this weekend we can all become Irish wanna-bees at the annual Great American Irish Festival.

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