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
Trio's 'The One After It' is a must for traditional music fans
Ooh, it’s that time of the year when the summer releases come fast and hot. Yes, festival season brings a veritable shower of new music and as you ...
June 04, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Rare light of understanding
Depicting disability onstage is often an endeavor rife with disappointment. With centuries of performance tradition built on a foundation of exclud...
May 30, 2024
by Margaret Hall
Lansdowne face Doxa Saturday
Lansdowne Yonkers face a familiar foe in the EPSL playoffs at Tibbetts Brook Park this Saturday night [8 p.m. kickoff] in fourth seed Doxa FCW, a G...
May 30, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Amazing biblical event explored
I recall a fine priest who ministered when I was young in my home parish in Kenmare, Co. Kerry. In response to perennial questions about God’s role...
May 29, 2024
by Gerry O'Shea
Uilleann piping is superb on Barry's album 'Littoral'
In the media player this week is “Littoral” by uilleann piper Leonard Barry, a seriously good piper who has done some outstanding work over the yea...
May 28, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Best of the Best: Irish Smoked Salmon
Legend has it that more than two thousand years ago Druids left oak-smoked salmon as an offering to the great Dagda, God of the pagan Irish. In the...
May 23, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Geary returns to 'home town'
“It’s grueling. It’s exciting. It’s brutal. And it’s absolutely amazing.” But most of all, said Mark Geary about the life of a troubadour, “It’s a ...
May 23, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Solo debut is a fascinating listen
Big night on Friday at the New York Irish Center in Long Island City, Queens, where Don Meade presented the great fiddle and flute player Frankie G...
May 22, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Faith meets politics
Gov. Mario Cuomo stepped up to the mic at the University of Notre Dame on Sept. 13, 1984, just two months after he’d given an electrifying keynote ...
May 20, 2024
by Peter McDermott
'Whirring Wings' is wonderful
I’ll start out this week by congratulating everyone who competed in this year’s Mid-Atlantic Fleadh, which concluded on this past Sunday out in Par...
May 16, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Roots in military service
For its next meeting on Saturday morning, May 18, the Irish Family History Forum features author and leading genealogist Rhonda McClure who will de...
May 10, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff