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By Daniel Neely Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta are two of America’s great young trad musicians, and together (with the help of bouzouki player Owen...

Dallahan is in some ways the most intriguing band scheduled to appear at the Great American Irish Festival in Frankfort. By Colleen Taylor If you’r...

General Eisenhower speaking on June 5, 1944, with men of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, ahead of the N...

General Michael Collins inspecting the troops in 1922. By Aidan Beatty At the height of World War II, Palestine became one of the most important ho...

Andrew Finn Magill’s “Roots” is an album of “pure drop” Irish music. By Daniel Neely The hot, muggy days are finally upon us, which means that the ...

Peter Halpin says of the stage and the screen: "What one doesn’t give you, the other does in abundance." By Sean Devlin Peter Halpin is no stranger...

Róisín Murphy's latest CD is getting rave reviews in Ireland. By Colleen Taylor Ireland is abuzz this week with music news. A few days ago, Beyoncé...

Frank and Ellen McCourt in 1997, at Charles Fort, with Kinsale, Co. Cork in the background. ROLLINGNEWS.IE By Orla O’Sullivan “When I first met Fra...

Alphie McCourt pictured with Doris Meyer, chair of the United Federation of Teachers Irish Studies Committee, at the UFT's Annual McCourt Lecture i...

Ciaran Lavary has had a very productive couple of years as a solo artist. By Colleen Taylor Bob Dylan meets 21st-century Ireland might be the best ...

Tom Phelan visiting the World War I memorial in Mountmellick, Co. Laois. By Tom Phelan Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ...

Brendan Costello organized a Salon dedicated to teachers and students. CAT DWYER/CATSEYEPIX.COM By Karen Daly The end of June brings the end of sch...