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NYIC unveils fall program NYIC unveils fall program
The New York Irish Center has a packed schedule over the next two months before the Christmas season kicks off in December. We present here a diary...
Children's books launch at NYIC Children's books launch at NYIC
The New York Irish Center launched its fall season with the Queens Irish Heritage Festival on last Saturday afternoon and continues tomorrow night,...
Views from the war zones Views from the war zones
John Lee had a question about culture shock for foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson. The podcaster and his colleague Martin Nutty were interviewing...
Banjoists are headed to Baltimore Banjoists are headed to Baltimore
Banjo drivers! Book your flights and pack your things, because the second annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit is coming up this Nov. 17-19 at the Creat...
Sinéad O'Connor tribute on Oct. 2 Sinéad O'Connor tribute on Oct. 2
“From the moment she burst onto the music scene in the mid ’80s, Sinéad O’Connor did things differently. In an Ireland ensnared by its past, Sinéad...
Annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival this Saturday afternoon Annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival this Saturday afternoon
The New York Irish Center will present three continuous hours of music and dance set against Manhattan’s skyline at the annual Queens Irish Heritag...
The empire's march is halted The empire's march is halted
Three legions of the Roman military – the 17th, 18th and 19th – slowly made their way towards their winter encampment near Cologne on the Rhine in ...
4th NYC production for 'Boann' 4th NYC production for 'Boann'
When you produce a staged reading or low-budget production of a play, the often-quixotic hope is that an industry person will attend and offer the ...
'Beo' is a spectacular album 'Beo' is a spectacular album
Folks, if you love a hard-hitting pure-drop trad album the way I do, well, “Beo,” the new album from Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara...
D'Arcy shows open in NYC D'Arcy shows open in NYC
Maeve D’Arcy’s second solo show with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, “Ogham,” opened last evening in conjunction with “The Mermaid in the Hospital,” a th...
'Silent Testimony' for New York 'Silent Testimony' for New York
In May, I met a man at a Fleadh Ceol in Armagh whose life had been destroyed by the Northern Irish Troubles. Two of his children had been murdered ...
Big weekend for Irish dance Big weekend for Irish dance
Sept. 15-17 is a “big weekend for Irish Dance in New York City and the perfect way to celebrate half-way to St. Patrick's Day.” So says Niall O’Lea...

 

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