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Van Morrison is releasing his 37th studio album next month. By Colleen Taylor Typically, by the age of 70, most people concentrate on retirement. B...

A scene from one of the many great street attractions at the Fleadh in Ennis, Co. Clare. By Daniel Neely The streets were crowded in Ennis all week...

Tom Phelan. The author’s most recent tale in the Echo (“JohnJoe Enacts His Clever Plan”) ended: “JohnJoe wiped the muck and the cow dung off his we...

The Irish Hunger Memorial in Downtown Manhattan. BPCPARKS.ORG By Áine Ní Shionnaigh It is a damp spring morning in 1952 in the townland of Carrowdo...

Gary Craig. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott For his first book “Seven Million,” Gary Craig returned to the scene of the crime, one that he ...

Music is the family business, but Ailie Blunnie has taken perhaps a bolder path than her near relatives. PHOTO BY POOKADUBH By Colleen Taylor Some ...

Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes. AAS2009 | DREAMSTIME. COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Pineapple upside-down cake is a wonderful old-fashione...

Broadcast journalist Colm Flynn, seen here interviewing fashion blogger Erika Fox, is among the 2021 Irish Echo Top 40 Under 40 that is set for Fri...

By Daniel Neely As you read this, the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is raging away in Ennis, Co. Clare, and if it’s anything like last year’s Fleadh, i...

Malachy McCourt. PHOTO BY VINCENT REMINI Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One of the most quoted couple of lines from George Bernard Shaw’s ...

Rosie Carney, 20, had caught the attention of NPR on this side of the Atlantic. By Colleen Taylor It’s an almost eerie experience to hear true orga...

ALEXEY BORODIN | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson In my last column, I asked, “what’s your preference — a crumble, crisp, cobbl...