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Pat Kinevane in "Underneath." By Orla O’Sullivan Pat Kinevane, who pioneered the “show in a bag” idea, lives his life from a bag. “Thank God I live...

The cover of New York fiddler Dana Lyn and guitarist Kyle Sanna’s fabulous new album “The Great Arc.” By Daniel Neely Gailfean is an excellent new ...

HamsandwicH. By Colleen Taylor Ireland’s sounding pretty cool these days. Two of the island’s freshest-sounding groups have released even newer hit...

PHOTO: WARNER BROTHERS By Karen Butler British filmmaker Joe Wright has been taking a lot of heat for casting Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily in his Pete...

Tina Santi Flaherty is the author "What Jackie Taught Us." By Orla O’Sullivan There was an affinity between Ernest Hemingway and President Kennedy ...

Ellen O'Byrne DeWitt established Columbia Records' Irish catalog. By Daniel Neely Women in the early days of recorded Irish music is the focus of “...

The author goes down memory lane at Weldon House. By Pat Fenton For 33 years, my father Andrew Fenton worked for Con Ed down on Hudson Avenue in th...

Former “Ceol na Gael” host Kerri Gallagher, placed 3rd, and Shannon Rowbury was 2nd in the 1,500 meters at the USATF Championships and went on to r...

Peter Maloney and Rufus Collins in a scene from “The Quare Land.” PHOTO: CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan A man walks into a bath… Well, not quite, ...

Playwright John McManus, front, with the cast of "The Quare Land," Rufus Collins, left, and Peter Maloney. PHOTO MICHAEL GOTTLIEB By Orla O'Sulliva...

Bríd Harper By Daniel Neely From Castlefinn, Co. Donegal (although now living near Dungannon, Co. Tyrone), Bríd Harper is one of the finest fiddler...

Bangor’s Rend Collective have brought their sense of Irishness to the world’s biggest venues, MSG included. By Colleen Taylor Religious celebration...