Film's spirit is pure punk anarchy
Belfast rappers Kneecap established themselves as a riotous success in their native city and a rising force all over Ireland in the past three year...
August 14, 2024
by Michael Gray
Culture
San Fran dance heritage guardians step out lightly with Iowa partners
“Keepers of the Steps,” an Irish dance historical preservation, archive, and outreach program, has quickly grown to be a cornerstone program for th...
August 12, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Attention paid to Lughnasa's light
On the last Sunday in July when thousands were climbing Croagh Patrick in my native County Mayo, the women of Nollaig na mBan NY and friends celebr...
August 12, 2024
by Maura Mulligan
Cork tipped for 30th title
This is a good year for anniversaries in the GAA, who themselves are celebrating their 140th anniversary. The Ladies Gaelic football Association ar...
August 09, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Family ties
An informed public had reason to be grateful last week that we still have a media with the resources to check stuff. The New York Times, most promi...
August 08, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Salon goes bicoastal
Ellington Restaurant, July 22 -- Novelist Anthony C. Murphy’s work has been described as “funny, sweet, moving, gentle and bold,” all of which migh...
August 07, 2024
by Maureen Hossbacher (NYC) & Lori Cassels (Oakland)
Irish Breakfast Bliss, Part One
Forty years ago this week, I had my passport stamped at Shannon Airport with the official greeting: “Permitted to land in Ireland for three months....
August 06, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Superb player, superb flute album
Excitement is in the air in Wexford Town, because as you read this Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2024 is in full swing! Yes, the biggest week on the tr...
August 05, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Culture
An Exciting New Look at Irish America
When President John F. Kennedy addressed crowds of well-wishers in Ireland during his June 1963 visit to the country, he employed a rhetorical devi...
August 05, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Keeping your horizons big
In the Echo in May, Norah Woodsey wrote the essay “Anne Elliot’s feelings are timeless” about her latest novel “The States.” Here, the Brooklyn-bor...
July 30, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Outsiders make common cause
The United States, claimed Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was “a Protestant country and the Catholics and Jews are here on sufferance.” Terry Golway wr...
July 25, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Christmas in July: Start Shopping Now!
Depending on when you read this, let me be the first to remind you that there are only 153 days until Christmas! Shocking, I know, but the good new...
July 24, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson