Irish flourish at the New Yorker
Anne Enright made a shortlist of two. Back in the spring of 2016, the novelist was asked by the New Yorker’s fiction editor Deborah Treisman to sel...
February 27, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Not safe space hoped for
There are times when it befalls the critical spectator the unenviable task to make verdicts on an artist’s mastery; to defend or dissuade without a...
February 26, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
O'Bradaigh joins March 16 card
No stranger to the world’s most famous boxing arena, Sean O'Bradaigh returns to Madison Square Garden -- where he fought a few times as an amateur ...
February 26, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
Robinson zeros in on climate
Cormac Hargaden will tell you himself that it took a long time - “three or four or five years.” He was eventually successful, however. Former Irish...
February 25, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Glasgow boasts strong Irish roots
There are few places in the world outside of Ireland that are as Irish as Glasgow, Scotland. Half a million people of Irish descent live in and aro...
February 21, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Ó Faoláin is bright young light
In the media yoke this week is “Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn,” Macdara Ó Faoláin’s most recent release. A multi-instrumentalist and luthier from ...
February 20, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
'TDS,' Jon Stewart wrong about Dems 'crying wolf' on fascism
The Netflix series “Glória” is a thriller that shouldn’t be missed by fans of the Cold War espionage genre. It also has its similarities to “Mad Me...
February 20, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Vinegar Hill has storied past
The quaint streets of Vinegar Hill, nestled between the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Manhattan Bridge, feel more like the streets of some small, tran...
February 19, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Virgin Media Business Honors Irish Hotels
More good news for the Irish hospitality industry as the Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Awards program recently named the “best of the best” in h...
February 19, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
St. Brigid's celebration on Feb. 1
Braving the frigid wind tunnels in midtown Manhattan on Saturday, Feb. 1, participants heading to this annual celebration at the Ripley Grier Studi...
February 14, 2025
by Deirdre Batson
Family Search
Joanne Dillon’s family pilgrimage to Staten Island was a lifetime in coming. The last one took place during World War II, a day trip from the Bronx...
February 12, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Roberts was one of the great voices in traditional singing
This week, I received word of a recent Irish film incorporating traditional music that has found its way into a pair of upcoming North American fes...
February 12, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Cider: The 'Other' Drink to Celebrate
Irish flourish at the New Yorker
Not safe space hoped for
O'Bradaigh joins March 16 card
Robinson zeros in on climate
Glasgow boasts strong Irish roots
Ó Faoláin is bright young light
Vinegar Hill has storied past
Virgin Media Business Honors Irish Hotels
St. Brigid's celebration on Feb. 1
Family Search
Roberts was one of the great voices in traditional singing
