SOMERVILLE — To the musicians squeezed in tight around it on Sunday, the scuffed, scraped, dented tabletop in a corner of the Burren is more than a piece of furniture. “This is a corner that ...

They also own The Burren, a renowned Irish pub in Somerville, and Bebop, a jazz club and restaurant on Boylston Street in Boston. McCarthy said he's a descendant of Dermot McCarthy, who ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the latest on happiness; sea monsters and Colonial ...

The Celtic musician community who play at The Burren also showed up to express concern over the temporary-but-lengthy possible closure of the pub. Summer McCall, a Somerville musician, told WBUR ...

Tommy McCarthy and his wife Louise Costello, owners of the Burren Pub, play an Irish tune, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Somerville, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Bartender Michelle Flynn serves a ...

BOSTON (AP) — Tommy McCarthy’s Irish bar just outside Boston’s city limits pours more Guinness than almost anywhere in the U.S., yet come this St. Patrick’s Day, the longtime owner of The ...

Tommy McCarthy’s Irish bar just outside Boston’s city limits pours more Guinness than almost anywhere in the U.S., yet come this St. Patrick’s Day, the longtime owner of The Burren is ...