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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...

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...

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...

Kodaline. PHOTO: JOSH SHINNER By Colleen Taylor In 2012, Kodaline very quickly became one of Ireland’s most successful 21st century international b...

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...

By Seamus Beirne "To Hell or Connaught," Oliver Cromwell's infamous threat against the native Irish in the 17th century, sent an unmistakable warni...

By Daniel Neely In 2012, I met Gráinne Holland, a fabulous singer from Belfast, at a Tourism Ireland function in Manhattan. She had recently releas...

SOAK, AKA Bridie Monds-Watson. By Colleen Taylor Every year on the brink of the New Year, I like to review my favorite albums of the past year. The...

Sarah Street's "The Last Rose of Summer" begins in Bantry, Co. Cork. By Sean Devlin On a rainy Monday night at Manhattan’s Irish Arts Center, Irish...

Patricia Scanlan. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott A recent Irish Independent reviewer explained why, in her view, Patricia Scanlan has spen...

By Daniel Neely Dréos, from the Pacific Northwest, is a trio of accomplished traditional musicians whose members have a long association with one a...

By Colleen Taylor They say you can’t improve upon perfection, but that’s exactly what Kate Rusby does with each new album. No matter how many times...