Peter McDermott

Peter McDermott joined the Irish Echo’s full-time editorial staff in 2004. Before that he was a frequent contributor to the Echo and to Newsday, and he has written also for a variety of publications in Ireland, including the Irish Times, the Sunday Press and the Irish Examiner. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from University College Dublin.

Latest Stories

From local festival to cultural phenomenon From local festival to cultural phenomenon
The story has a humble beginning. It was in 1951, in a small town in Ireland’s Southeast, when a group of friends decided that instead of just list...
October 26, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Bonsai just keeps getting bigger Bonsai just keeps getting bigger
No company is an island. That seems to be central to serial entrepreneur Patrick Sullivan’s philosophy. Since May 2020, he has been building Bonsai...
October 22, 2021 by Peter McDermott
 A family during hard times, war  A family during hard times, war
At age 22, Gordon Bennett Jr. in a letter thanked his parents for their sacrifices and their example. It was 1940, and the ultimate sacrifice was s...
October 08, 2021 by Peter McDermott
New York movie New York movie
Gene Hackman’s debut as a leading man on American cinema screens came finally at age 41 with the release of “The French Connection,” 50 years ago t...
October 07, 2021 by Peter McDermott
‘Worlds’ for in-person NYIC launch ‘Worlds’ for in-person NYIC launch
Have wifi, will travel. Or stay at home, as the case may be. John Kearns is flexible. The knowledge economy and its workers have adapted well over ...
October 06, 2021 by Peter McDermott
A poetic critique from Belfast A poetic critique from Belfast
Christopher R. Agee’s “Trump Rant” ought to be placed in a time capsule to explain the U.S. from January 2017 through January 2021 to people at som...
September 30, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Martin recalls Aiken, Lemass contributions Martin recalls Aiken, Lemass contributions
On Jan. 7, 1922, Dáil Eireann voted to accept the terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty, signed by Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and others in London ...
September 29, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Blending Frontier fact and fiction Blending Frontier fact and fiction
"Eoin Ua Cathail was a fabulist and a memoirist who wrote stories in Irish about the American West and Midwest. He was a master of detail and chron...
September 09, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Backward glance at beloved city Backward glance at beloved city
Lynda Tonery remembers the tunnel. “We went, one by one, down a very dark staircase,” she says, “The tunnel itself was narrow. Also it wasn’t very ...
August 25, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Fresh perspective on brave people Fresh perspective on brave people
In a recent essay in the Irish Echo, Cian T. McMahon wrote, “Troubled by the sight of asylum seekers taking their chances in unsafe boats upon the ...
August 24, 2021 by Peter McDermott
In Gleason’s footsteps
Culture
In Gleason’s footsteps
The opening of the Vernon-Jackson Ave. subway stop in 1916 was as good a place as any to begin. The story, though, goes back to the 19th century an...
August 13, 2021 by Peter McDermott
Our hopes for the 2021-22 season
Sports
Our hopes for the 2021-22 season
What will be the third Premier League season of the pandemic begins this weekend and the fans’ enthusiasm shows no sign of waning. As always at thi...
August 12, 2021 by Peter McDermott

 



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