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Caitriona O’Leary PHOTO BY LAELIA MILLERI By Colleen Taylor The past few years, it’s become something of a column tradition for me to share my Celt...

Kevin Burke is a familiar presence in Irish traditional music. By Daniel Neely I gave a spin this week to “The Pound Ridge Sessions,” the new album...

The Phelan farmhouse, right, in more recent years. By Tom Phelan In our farmhouse on Strahard Lane in Mountmellick, Co. Laois, the kitchen was also...

Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy with their children. By Colleen Taylor Nowadays Canadian fiddle superstar Natalie Macmaster is incomplete witho...

MARCIN JUCHA | DREAMTIME.COM By Margaret M. Johnson If you love Christmas like I do, you’ll want to jump right into the kitchen to check your suppl...

The fourth volume of the letters of Samuel Beckett covers the last 23 years of his life. By Kevin Holohan “The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 4,...

From left, Matt Molloy, John Carty and Arty McGlynn. By Daniel Neely You know it’s going to be a great week when a new album from banjo and fiddle ...

President Higgins, seated center in front, presided over the presentation of the awards at his official residence. Maxwell Photography for the Depa...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny speaking at the launch of “Creative Ireland.” RollingNews.ie photo By Irish Echo Staff Taoiseach Enda Kenny today launched “Cr...

Maeve Gilchrist By Michael Quinlin Boston --- It is that time of year, when New England overflows with the perfect harmonies of Celtic music and Ch...

Liz Hanley, Leni Sloan and John Roberts. By Daniel Neely Christmas time is always an exciting part of the New York’s Irish calendar. Among the deli...

Rep. Joe “You lie!” Wilson of South Carolina By Peter McDermott Political correctness is in the eye, ear and mind of the beholder. For example, it ...