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At opposite ends of their college basketball careers, Notre Dame fifth-year senior guard Brittany Mallory and Maryland freshman guard Brene Moseley view Tuesday night's NCAA tournament regional final at PNC Arena through much different eyes. Mallory is looking for top-seeded Notre Dame (33-3) to erase the disappointment of last season's NCAA championship game defeat to Texas A&M in Indianapolis. Moseley is hoping to get second-seeded Maryland (31-4) back to the Final Four for the first time since the Terps won the title in 2006.

When Tadgh Prendeville moved from his native Ireland to Baltimore for work more than a decade ago, he couldn't play Gaelic football without going to Washington. The same was true for Lucy Clerkin in her pursuit to play camogie, or hurling for women, which the Maryland native learned while visiting her grandmother in Ireland. Eventually, Prendeville and Clerkin found themselves commuting together to Washington for weeknight practices and weekend games as members of the Washington Gaels.

Our friends from the Classic Catering People sent over a couple of St. Patrick's Dayrecipes. If you can't make it out on Saturday, you can turn your home into an Irish pub . Corned Beef Barley and Cabbage Soup Chef Donald Martin The Classic Catering People Ingredients 1 1/4 pounds corned beef brisket, cut into bite size cubes 4 quarts chicken stock 1/2 cup barley 2 onions, diced small 2 celery Stalks, ½...

Southwestern-themed bar Dark Horse Saloon and Irish Pub Finnegan's Wake, the improbably conjoined bars at the former Canton Arts & Entertainment complex, have switched owners. The pub is poised to close afterSt. Patrick's Day, says Marc McFaul, who after nine months at the helm sold the business to Kenny Der, a regular DJ at Dark Horse. Finnegan's is likely to be turned into an extension of the Southwestern theme at Dark Horse next door. The switch gives McFaul's tenure the sprawling complex's second-longest run. It lasted a little over five months as Canton Arts and Entertainment , which at one point included a bar, an oyster bar and a restaurant.  CAE opened in September 2009 and closed the next March.

There's a holiday or something coming up. So we asked, "What's your favorite thing to do on St. Patrick's Day?" Sampling the finest in Irish cuisine, such as poor man's food and blood pudding. Yes, those are the actual names of actual Irish dishes. Luke Broadwater, reporter, The Baltimore Sun Drink to the stereotypes of my ancestors. Anne Tallent, editor, b Meet in the Street at Claddagh's. Kristen and the Noise - my favorite cover band from my days at Delaware - performs on Saturday, and as always, there will be a tent so rain plays no factor.

Some 700 miles away from home, Center Stage intern Meghan O'Rourke still got to celebrate her Irish heritage in Baltimore. She missed out on a family tradition Sunday — Chicago's South Side Irish Parade — but Baltimore's St. Patrick's Day Parade meant she didn't have to miss out on St. Paddy's festivities. She and others lined up Sunday along Charles Street to take in dance troupes, marching bands, flag corps, bagpipe brigades, antique fire trucks and classic cars.

As the thunderous sound of Irish hard shoes dancing filled the room, Teresa Eade sat on a stool in the corner, watching intently. The 15-year-old sophomore at South Carroll High School was recovering from a concussion she received over the weekend playing dodge ball, but that didn't prevent her from participating in the first half of the rehearsal at Teelin School for Irish Dancing. And it also wasn't going to keep her from performing with Teelin on Sunday, March 11, when the Columbia-based studio - and several of its Carroll County members - were scheduled to perform in Baltimore's annualSt.

These are heady times for performer Joe Duffey, who spent his formative years at Columbia's Teelin School of Irish Dance getting ready for a career that materialized right on cue. As a dancer, choreographer and assistant director of the Teelin Dance Company, the 20-year-old reigns supreme in the world of hoofing or what he calls, "Irish dance flavored with a lot more percussion and a bit of edginess. " Last month Duffey joined Teelin's founding director Maureen Gately on stage for the world premiere of "Stepdance" at the Weinberg Theater in Frederick.

When Madison and Lucy Laudeman first started Irish dancing six years ago, the sisters went to a branch of Teelin School of Irish Dance that was located in Timonium. With its fun music and challenging routines, Irish dancing reeled them in and has remained a favorite activity for the whole family - younger sister Piper is now dancing - despite the fact that the school is now based in Columbia. "There was no getting out of it," said Mary Laudeman, their mother. "We were hooked.

Midfielder Jim Marlatt got an opportunity to show Notre Dame what he could do - a year after he joined the program. The Clarksville native and River Hill graduate scored two goals in the team's 7-3 victory over then-No. 1 Duke last Saturday. It was the kind of showing the No. 5 Fighting Irish had hoped to see from the sophomore, who registered 74 goals and 38 assists in his senior year with the Hawks, in 2011, but a nagging back injury prevented him from making a single appearance.