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By Daniel Neely In his liner notes to the 1979 solo album “Father Charlie,” Mick Moloney wrote “There are many fine traditional Irish musicians in ...

[caption id="attachment_80227" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cavan’s Aine Cahill projects a vocal range and savvy well beyond her 20 years.[/capti...

[caption id="attachment_80201" align="alignnone" width="236"] Doug DuBois, "Eirn, on the Eve of her 18th Birthday, Cobh, Ireland," 2009. © Doug DuB...

[caption id="attachment_80189" align="alignnone" width="200"] Genevieve Hulme-Beaman in “Pondling.”[/caption] By Orla O’Sullivan “Pondling” is a ma...

[caption id="attachment_80161" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Antóin Mac Gabhann[/caption] By Daniel Neely Some years ago, I was in East Durham, ...

[caption id="attachment_80148" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Eleanor McEvoy[/caption] By Colleen Taylor Eleanor McEvoy is a name that needs no i...

[caption id="attachment_80141" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pat Shortt[/caption] By Orla O’Sullivan Pat Shortt had the audience eating out of h...

[caption id="attachment_80133" align="aligncenter" width="186"] Mary Pat Kelly is among the writers lined up for the Hudson Valley Irish Festival.[...

Fiona Walsh will be performing this week at the 2015 1st Irish Festival and during the Irish Arts Center’s fall season. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMOTT By P...

By Daniel Neely If it seems like Irish music dominates the traditional Celtic scene in New York, it’s because it does: here in New York City there ...

[caption id="attachment_80072" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sarah McQuaid plays exclusively in dadgad, a type of toning for the Celtic guitar.[/c...

Donal O'Kelly and Sorcha Fox in a scene from “Little Thing, Big Thing.” By Orla O'Sullivan What might a criminal and a nun have in common? That's o...