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A Delicious Celebration
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A Delicious Celebration
Poached Egg PHOTO LOUGH ERNE RESORT By Margaret M. Johnson If you love good food, you’ll want to visit Northern Ireland in 2016, recently announced...
Moloney recalls Stateside shows
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Moloney recalls Stateside shows
By Colleen Taylor It’s impossible to talk to Paddy Moloney without a big grin on your face. When I called the music legend and Chieftains leader in...
Exquisite Egan CD delivers
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Exquisite Egan CD delivers
By Daniel Neely I want to start out this week by congratulating Tommy McCarthy and Louise Costello, proprietors of The Burren in Somerville, Mass.,...
Women tell it like it was
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Women tell it like it was
At both the Dublin and New York launches of “Models for Movers” by Íde O’Carroll, left, Galway-born painter Lisa O'Donnell, center, exhibited her p...
St. Brigid’s to mark 3rd anniversary
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St. Brigid’s to mark 3rd anniversary
“69th NYS Memorial Mass, St. Brigid’s Church, August 14, 1861, Imagined,” a painting by Patricia Melvin. By Peter McDermott pmcdermott@irishecho.co...
Bowie had huge impact on Irish
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Bowie had huge impact on Irish
Fan Eva Murphy wrote her tribute to singer David Bowie in Grand Social in Dublin on Monday evening. PHOTOCALL By Colleen Taylor This week, the worl...
N.Y. teens explore island’s secrets
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N.Y. teens explore island’s secrets
Prize-winning writer Brian Ó Broin with his wife Jo Schuster and their children Ána and Fiona. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The protagon...
Remembering Luke Kelly
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Remembering Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly in 1967. On Friday night, the New York Irish Center, Long Island City, will present “The Performer,” which has rare, largely unseen perf...
Sharing stories around the table
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Sharing stories around the table
Maura Mulligan at the head of the table with some of the Nollaig na mBan participants. By Maura Mulligan There was a time when women of Ireland wor...
Drawing from two traditions
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Drawing from two traditions
Nuala Kennedy. By Daniel Neely Back in 2012 my wife and I were having a pint at Connolly’s Bar in Kinvara and who walks in but Nuala Kennedy with h...
Town band that went global
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Town band that went global
Kodaline. PHOTO: JOSH SHINNER By Colleen Taylor In 2012, Kodaline very quickly became one of Ireland’s most successful 21st century international b...
Bob and Charlie’s worldview
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Bob and Charlie’s worldview
Rodney Edwards. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Rodney Edwards is a busy man. He works for the Impartial Reporter in Enniskillen and in tha...

 

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