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Lineage can be a hindrance: Huston
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Lineage can be a hindrance: Huston
Jack Huston, who was born into Hollywood royalty, stars in “The Romanoffs.” AMAZON STUDIOS By Karen Butler "The Romanoffs" star Jack Huston knows a...
Costigan relishes new challenge
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Costigan relishes new challenge
Gina Costigan said being involved with the Broadway production of “The Ferryman” is “exciting and terrifying all at the same time.” PHOTO BY PETER ...
Superb music sets Power apart
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Superb music sets Power apart
By Daniel Neely It’s not often that I get a CD as marvelous as Jimmy Power’s “Go Home and Have Your Dinner,” but here we are. A collection of 35 re...
Galway trio thinks like Irish America
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Galway trio thinks like Irish America
The Whileaways. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor I love Irish Americana—Eirecana as it’s sometimes called—because it sounds like home. The home I’m ...
Holiday Tarts with a Twist
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Holiday Tarts with a Twist
Pear Chestnut Tart. RJ GRANT/DREAMTIME IRELAND HOPPING | Margaret M. Johnson If you think you can’t celebrate Thanksgiving without pumpkin, pecan, ...
‘Narrative that hasn’t been heard’
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‘Narrative that hasn’t been heard’
Colin Breen, the author of “A Force Like No Other.” Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One of the sources in “A Force Like No Other” said he i...
Ó Súilleabháin changed Irish music
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Ó Súilleabháin changed Irish music
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin pictured at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2005 when he became the inaugural chair of Culture Ireland, a national agency...
Inspired by tradition on 34th Street
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Inspired by tradition on 34th Street
A view of the interior of the Long Hall on East 34th Street in Manhattan. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott The Long Hall is a name to r...
Woodside pubs thrive in diversity
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Woodside pubs thrive in diversity
Sean Og Tavern, 60-02 Woodside Ave. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Bianca Giacobone A stout man with a grey moustache scoops up meat and potatoes fro...
#IAmIrish to open at NYIC
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#IAmIrish to open at NYIC
Lorraine Maher. PHOTO BY TRACEY ANDERSON The New York Irish Center is celebrating racial diversity among the Irish diaspora with the launch of its ...
Burke’s live ‘evening’ is majestic
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Burke’s live ‘evening’ is majestic
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Back in 2012, I wrote about a series of solo performances Kevin Burke had been doing called “The Naked Fiddle.”...
Claire ‘more content’ in S4: Balfe
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Claire ‘more content’ in S4: Balfe
Caitriona Balfe on the set of "Outlander." Season 4 began last night. PHOTO COURTESY OF STARZ By Karen Butler Irish actress Caitriona Balfe says Cl...

 

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