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The Screaming Orphans. By Colleen Taylor Last week I reviewed some of the biggest and best Irish music fests in the continental U.S. Thankfully, ou...

The author’s mother posing on a mower in the late 1930s. Tom Phelan’s latest book “We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood...

Eugene O’Donnell, right, with Mick Moloney. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Sad news from the world of Irish traditional music to report on wit...

Jesse Pennington and Brenda Meaney. PHOTOS BY TODD CERVERIS By Joseph Goodrich The Mint Theater Company’s motto is: “Lost plays found here.” Specia...

We Banjo 3. PHOTO BY DAVID NORTON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Part 1 You wouldn’t know it from my daily weather report here in Dublin, but summ...

Mary Cregan, author of "The Scar." Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “Look who’s back among the living.” That’s how Dick Cavett, referring to...

Gardiners Bay, Long Island, N.Y. In this extract from his yet-to-be published novel “Long Night’s End,” Jim Rodgers says: “Johnny Gunn takes the su...

The Fishbox/Flannery’s Seafood Bar. IRELAND HOPPING | Margaret M. Johnson Great food seems to be the order of the day in Dingle, one of the hottest...

By Daniel Neely Major discoveries, like a new piece by Mozart or a previously unknown sketch by Michelangelo, are examples of things that set the w...

Christopher Klein. PHOTO BY ERIN KLEIN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In his latest work of history, “When the Irish Invaded Canada,” Chri...

Book Review / By Honor Molloy “The Scar,” by Mary Cregan, is published in hardcover by W.W. Norton & Company; 274 pp.; $26.95. “The Scar” is a book...

Frank Stapleton, who scored 20 goals for the Republic of Ireland, is among the Manchester United legends listed to take on the Shamrocks Legends on...