Culture
Lar never had much luck
Tom Phelan’s critically acclaimed novels include "The Canal Bridge," "Nailer" and most recently “Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told.” Below is the late...
October 05, 2017
by Tom Phelan
Culture
Story of Cyril, Ireland over 70 years
John Boyne. PHOTO BY RICH GILLIGAN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” proves that its author “is not just one o...
October 04, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Collins gets music’s nuance, complexity
Michael O’Chonfhlaola is the middle-period Joe Heaney in “Song of Granite,” an impressive, beautiful film, which tells the sean-nós singer’s story ...
October 03, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Salmon Cakes for Supper
MANYAKOTIC | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Salmon Cakes for Supper I’ve just returned from a 10-day visit to Scotland whe...
October 02, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Compelling story of men at work
Colin Broderick’s “Emerald City” gets its Chicago premiere tomorrow night. By Mike Houlihan Colin Broderick’s film “Emerald City” sneaks up on you....
September 29, 2017
by Mike Houlihan
Culture
Jesuits minister on the margins
The Rev. Joseph Mulligan S.J. in Nicaragua in 2010. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Paul Johnson’s move across the ...
September 28, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Mayo-set ‘Wet Grass' set for NYC premiere
Actors Paul Nugent and Anna Nugent, composer Markéta Irglová and screenwriter Seamus Scanlon were pictured at this year's Dublin launch of Irish Sc...
September 27, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dance-halls talk a BC highlight
The organizers from NUI Galway, Verena Commins and Méabh Ní Fhuartáin. By Colleen Taylor It's so easy, when listening to music, to close yourself o...
September 26, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Collins picked singers to portray Heaney
Colm Seoighe plays Joe at 10 years of age. By Daniel Neely On this Saturday, “Song of Granite,” a cinematic dramatization of the life of the immort...
September 25, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Atlantic City: land of dreams tried, dreams failed
A scene from “The Dunning Man.” By Mike Houlihan We chose Kevin Fortuna’s new film “The Dunning Man” to open our 3rd Annual Irish-American Movie Ho...
September 22, 2017
by Mike Houlihan
Culture
The man who knew everything
Durt Donovan’s claimed areas of expertise extended far beyond his vocational knowledge of farm animals. ROLLINGNEWS. IE By Tom Phelan For all the y...
September 21, 2017
by Tom Phelan
Culture
Sheridan feature for ISA fest
A scene from Jim Sheridan’s “The Secret Scripture.” Irish Screen America launched its 2017 program in Dublin earlier this month, unveiling a line-u...
September 20, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff