Community Features & Events
A Distillery with a Twist – and New Tastes
Distilleries are a familiar concept in Ireland. Back in the day, however, few people other than those working in one would enter into such a hall o...
February 17, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Echo Columnist Gerry O'Shea, 80
The death has taken place of New York and Kerry's Gerry O'Shea, Irish Echo columnist and tireless advocate for the disadvantaged, no matter where i...
January 27, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
LA Needs All Its Angels
I remember, even today and vividly so, the odors and scents wafting in the open door of the plane. It was the beginning of February, 1982 and I had...
January 17, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Proud 150 Years
The Irish Echo marks 97 years of publishing this year. But we are only a youngster compared to the Buenos Aires-published "The Southern Cross." The...
January 16, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Beirne Senate Bid Enters Final Phase
Hilary Beirne wants votes from those who can vote. He is standing for the Irish Senate in part to secure voting rights for those who can't vote. Th...
January 10, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Stauntons Secure Historic White House Sepsis Event
Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton have been on a crusade since they lost their son Rory to Sepsis in 2012. That crusade has been aimed at saving other pa...
January 08, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Siobhan Dennehy is Echo's Choice for 2025
Siobhan Dennehy, a tireless and outstanding frontline advocate for Irish immigrants in the United States, and a champion for quality of life for th...
January 02, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Farewell American Christmas?
October 3, 2025 will be a significant anniversary in the story of immigration in America. That date will mark the 60th anniversary of the signing i...
December 30, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100
Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, December 29 and at the age of 100, was the first U.S. president to break with the orthodoxy of non-interference on t...
December 29, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
The Very Special Celebration That is an Irish Christmas
Since coming to America I have enjoyed Christmas in New York, particularly the days running up to the holiday. But Christmas, crazy busy that it is...
December 20, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Catherine "Kitty" Thornton, 93
The death has taken place of Dr. Catherine "Kitty" Thornton at the age of 93. The longtime Queens, New York resident and Mayo native was married to...
December 06, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Death of Pat Donaghy
The death has taken place of Pat Donaghy, one of the most successful businessmen in the story of modern Irish immigration to America. He was 83 Don...
November 26, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
