Afternoon in spirit of St. Brigid
If one of the hallmarks of the ancient Celtic fire festival known as Imbolg, held as February appears, is celebrating creativity, then the women of...
February 06, 2024
by Deirdre Batson
Chicago hit headed to New York
Back in November, an all-star cast of musicians, including Eimear Arkins, Michelle Bergin, Laura Byrne, Liz Carroll, Kathleen Conneely, Pauline Con...
February 05, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Glenveagh's dark, colorful history
Located in Donegal, Ireland’s “forgotten county,” Glenveagh National Park, which covers over a 170 square kilometers, is a rare gem offering stunni...
February 02, 2024
by Geoffrey Cobb
Phase 2: Securing the future
“We’re seeking to offer a full night-out experience,” said Aidan Connolly, the executive director of Irish Arts Center “There’s something pulling y...
February 01, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Up an ancient stair to a culinary treasure in the heart of Dublin
Dublin’s Winding Stair bookshop is located in a beautiful, yellow-fronted building that dates to 1875. After various uses, including an auction hou...
January 31, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Lives of Brigid a 'great window'
Saint Brigid was working in Ireland at a time “when Christianity was a relatively new and foreign religion.” That’s one of the few things, writes a...
January 30, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Collection has trad world buzzing
You know, it’s great when an album shows up that’s made by a group of extraordinarily talented young people who share a vision for how traditional ...
January 29, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Podcast focuses on Jan. 30, 1972
The podcast has brought about an audio renaissance. The same was said two decades ago about the weblog, AKA blogs, and text, and for the same reaso...
January 26, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Yeats vs. Shaw's 'Irish' play
The W.B. Yeats Society of New York will host a joint program, “Yeats vs Shaw’s ‘John Bull’s Other Island,’” with the Gingold Theatrical Group at Ar...
January 25, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Munster towns inspire mysteries
Carlene O’Connor has taken a 180-degree turn, and her fans and the critics have taken it with her. She is the author of the Irish Village Mysteries...
January 24, 2024
by Peter McDermott
CCÉ headed for Buffalo in April
“Celtic Cross’s singer Katherine Fee provided one of the evening’s classiest moments was she asked for everyone in the house who had worked on Ceol...
January 23, 2024
by Daniel Neely
One soldier's exuberant tale
Anyone who survived Leaving Cert Irish probably came across “Dialann Deoraí” (“Diary of an Exile”) as a required text. It was a remarkable book by ...
January 22, 2024
by Seamus Scanlon