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An aerial view of Ballyfin. IRELAND HOPPING | By Margaret M. Johnson Part 1 [Part 2 will be published in the Irish Echo on Aug. 1] It’s now mid-Jul...

Richard Flanagan’s seventh novel, “First Person,” was published recently in the United States. His sixth, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” won ...

Musicians of all ages were much in evidence in East Durham. By Daniel Neely If you weren’t up in East Durham, N.Y., last week for the Catskills Iri...

The Tokyo premiere of “The McGowan Trilogy,” by New York-based Galway author Seamus Scanlon, took place today at the Setagaya Public Theatre. The t...

The High Kings. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor How can a band commemorate a decade while sounding brand new? There may not be a clear answer, but ...

Author Michèle Mendelssohn outside the Wilde family home at 1 Merrion Sq., Dublin. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “The book you are holdin...

Colette Forde in her own play “Innit,” which is currently on at the SoHo Playhouse. By Orla O’Sullivan The plays of two young women spotted in Irel...

Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Welcome to “The Scrum,” or what is probably the most densely packed week of the 2018 traditional music calendar...

Poet Caoilinn Hughes's debut novel is “Orchid & the Wasp." PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIJEL MIHAJLOVIĆ By Irish Echo Staff “[Ireland has] produced far more th...

Maria Duffy. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Maria Duffy’s fiction is making the move to America. The Dubliner has become used to reviews t...

Maurice "Mickey" Carroll died in December after a long career as a reporter and then as a spokesperson with the Quinnipiac University Poll. Between...

Stephen Rea. PHOTO: ROLLING NEWS.IE By Orla O’Sullivan “Here it’s okay to say anything you want,” Stephen Rea’s character is told by a psychologist...