Culture
Back Home in Derry with Dungiven songstress Cara Dillon
A unique homage to place combining words and music requires social media age dexterity but armed with a Spotify account I found myself back home in...
July 04, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Huge statement from new group
Congratulations to Kerry on their victory over Derry last weekend! A great victory against a competitive Derry team and a portentous one for this c...
July 03, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Queens Irish Fest for Saturday
The New York Irish Center presents three continuous hours of music and dance set against Manhattan’s skyline at the annual Queens Irish Heritage Fe...
June 27, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Summer Salads Get an Upgrade
Once upon a time in Ireland — at least at the time I made my first trip in 1984, and even a decade later — a salad was not a salad as we know it to...
June 27, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Wonderful staff for CIAW's 30th
Hey, did you hear that the Catskills Irish Arts Week is turning 30? Yes! 30!! This July 15-19, North America’s largest summer school for traditiona...
June 20, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Two Bloomsday celebrations for Sidewalks of New York
It will be possible this weekend to catch not just one street event dedicated to Bloomsday, but two — one on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Ulys...
June 14, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Brief visit
Irish singer-songwriter Susan O’Neill is making a brief New York stopover with last night’s show at Green Room 42 performing with Mick Flannery, an...
June 13, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
The Day Belongs to Dad
I’ve heard from a number of men that “the best gift you can give Dad on Father's Day [this Sunday, June 16, in 2024] is a full stomach” — preferabl...
June 13, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Portrait of the artist as farmer
The farmers are happy. And so is the Irish Arts Council. Director Cara Holmes was aware that the latter was interested in ideas for documentaries m...
June 11, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Charlie Lennon, trad titan, 85
The legendary fiddle and piano player Charlie Lennon died Saturday at University Hospital Galway. The long-time resident of Spiddal, Co. Galway, wa...
June 10, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Recalling NYC subway attack
After more that 20 years of living in New York City and riding the subway I expected nothing to surprise me - not a mugging, not a half-naked man p...
June 07, 2024
by James Rodgers
Marker revelations
The Irish Family History Forum will present “Written in Stone: In Depth Study of a Gravestone” as part of its Saturday morning program on June 15. ...
June 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Chef Ritzen's Tea 'Experience' reflects 'Totally Irish Ethos'
Huge statement from new group
Queens Irish Fest for Saturday
Summer Salads Get an Upgrade
Wonderful staff for CIAW's 30th
Two Bloomsday celebrations for Sidewalks of New York
Brief visit
The Day Belongs to Dad
Portrait of the artist as farmer
Charlie Lennon, trad titan, 85
Recalling NYC subway attack
Marker revelations
