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Shannon Sharon is dedicated to environmental advocacy and protecting the planet, as shows with the dynamic boldness of “Sacred Earth.” By Colleen T...

National Heritage Fellow Mick Moloney. By Daniel Neely In the northeast, the Catskills Irish Arts Week is the year’s largest and most anticipated m...

An American Legion-sponsored team in 1920 in the author’s Closter, N.J., a town that has always taken its baseball seriously. The photo, courtesy o...

Lisa Hannigan will be a hugely popular attraction in Galway. RICH GILLIGAN By Colleen Taylor Summer in Ireland means festival season, but in my boo...

By Daniel Neely In his liner notes to “Farewell to Music,” Tony MacMahon’s most recent and likely final album, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh suggests that...

VICTOR FISCHER | DREAMTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Once upon a time in Ireland — at least at the time I made my first trip in ...

“Little Bohemia” by Fran King and Pete Fagan, aka Edisons, is a seasoned, rehearsed and mature piece of work. By Colleen Taylor I’m a sucker for so...

Jackie Uí Chionna. By Peter McDermott Galway businessman and politician Máirtín Mór McDonogh got the “Citizen Kane” treatment a full 12 years befor...

Just where in New York Noel Hill's CD was recorded is the $64 question. By Daniel Neely Noel Hill is one of the true modern legends in Irish music....

For songwriter Niall McGuigan, “Awareness” is an emotional and cultural “map.” By Colleen Taylor It is a truth universally acknowledged that music ...

Inis Lar, Aran Islands. PHOTO BY JOE O'BYRNE By Orla O’Sullivan Joe O’Byrne was raised in Balbriggan, a coastal village north of Dublin City, but a...

Tom Phelan on a recent visit to his hometown of Mountmellick, Co. Laois. PHOTO: PATRICIA PHELAN A Father's Day remembrance by Tom Phelan On a summe...