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McCabe in Amazon film festival
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McCabe in Amazon film festival
Emma Ishta starring as Leda in "Shadow Puppet." By Nora Scally Daniel James McCabe paints a searing portrait of sexual assault in his short film “S...
Dingle: Better Than Ever
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Dingle: Better Than Ever
Helen and Brian Heaton of Castlewood House. Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson If you’ve never been to Dingle, or haven’t been there in a whi...
Makem’s legacy lives on in Milwaukee
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Makem’s legacy lives on in Milwaukee
Two of the iconic Tommy Makem display items at the Ward Irish Music Archives. By Irish Echo Staff The Ward Irish Music Archives of CelticMKE and th...
Salon honors railway workers
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Salon honors railway workers
Theodore Wheeler, Felicity White, Maggie Smith Hurt, Vanessa Dobles, Bob Churchill, Drucilla Wall, Adrian Koesters and Eamonn Wall at the Irish Ame...
The cry goes up: What about Walt?
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The cry goes up: What about Walt?
Walt Whitman as photographed by Mathew Brady. By Frances Scanlon The Landmarks Preservation Commission, created in the 1960s in a well-spring hue a...
Reilly’s ‘Danni’ is up for Amazon award
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Reilly’s ‘Danni’ is up for Amazon award
It’s awards season! Well, short-film awards season, specifically the Amazon All Voices Film Festival. Amazon Prime video is hosting its first ever ...
Castlewellan is again Ulster host
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Castlewellan is again Ulster host
St Cecilia's Grúpa Cheoil from New York. PHOTO BY MARIANNE MANGAN. By Daniel Neely As many of this column’s readers will know, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí ...
Connecticut fair returns June 22-23
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Connecticut fair returns June 22-23
The New York band Emish will appear at the Connecticut Irish Festival later this month. The Connecticut Irish Festival, New Haven County’s oldest f...
Novelist Gilman to give McCourt lecture
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Novelist Gilman to give McCourt lecture
Frank McCourt with his former teacher Sister Rita when he visited Limerick City in July 1997. ROLLING NEWS.IE The 9th Annual Frank McCourt Memorial...
A must see in Dublin!
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A must see in Dublin!
Harry Clarke, ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ (6th of 8 stained glass panels) (1924). Collection & © Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. (Reg. No. 1442.06) Art lovers...
Chronicling Latin America’s Irish
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Chronicling Latin America’s Irish
Charlie O’Brien. By Geoffrey Cobb Charlie O’Brien is a unique singer, songwriter and documentary filmmaker from Killarney, Co Kerry, but he finds h...
Reexamining an historic relationship
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Reexamining an historic relationship
Trina Vargo. PHOTO BY CAROL CLAYTON Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Progressives and the labor movement have been attacking the “Horatio Al...

 

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