Culture

The twelfth day of Christmas, January 6, officially marks the end of the Christmas season. In Ireland, it’s also one of the most important days on ...

Greetings everyone! I hope your holiday season has been filled with happiness and good cheer! With the year drawing to its close, I’ve been taking ...

"Ghosts in Greasepaint" returns to its Twin Cities birthplace with five performances at the Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul. Under the dire...

I was in a public house last week — more of a rarity these days than in years past. It was filled with the boisterous, pre-Christmas, after-work bo...

Crackers, cheese, and fresh or dried fruits are perfect pairs when it comes to serving small bites at holiday gatherings, but successful hosts rare...

This Christmas, like every Christmas, Irish people will be listening to Shane McGowan’s immortal 1987 Pogues’ ballad “Fairytale of New York.” Liste...

As we creep toward the full bloom of the holiday season, I continue to keep my ears open for albums that this column’s readers will find interestin...

Christmas in Ireland has always carried in it something of a contradiction. There is feasting and celebration aplenty but often the revelry is foll...

A few years ago, I gave a book talk/cooking demonstration on Irish holiday foods at a local library. One of my personal favorites is mincemeat, an ...

This is a slightly adapted extract from “Untangling the Shadows: Searching for the Voices of My New York Irish Ancestors,” a memoir by Charles R. H...

The Bowne House is “a beautiful little home.” So said Mayor Fiorella La Guardia in one of his famous broadcasts on WNYC. He said he’d been in old h...

Shane MacGowan’s recent passing was a huge blow to Irish music. An electric performer and one of the all time legends, MacGowan not only took liber...