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West Cork Wonderful! Part 3 West Cork Wonderful! Part 3
Part Three, Irish Food Icons West Cork, the area stretching (west to east) from the Beara Peninsula to Kinsale, is filled to the brim with candy-co...
A Perfect Dish for Thanksgiving A Perfect Dish for Thanksgiving
Paradiso, one of Ireland's first and most well-known vegetarian restaurants (16 Lancaster Quay, Cork City), is well known for its imaginative dishe...
Reverie Road debut is fabulous Reverie Road debut is fabulous
Folks, a reminder that this weekend the second annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit will happen at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance. It starts with a céilí...
Pitiless scourge has mellowed Pitiless scourge has mellowed
Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole was at the Irish Arts Center last week to deliver a fascinating and wide-ranging talk entitled “What’s Irish Now?”,...
Griffith's Valuation talk at IFHF Griffith's Valuation talk at IFHF
On this Saturday morning, Nov. 18, the Irish Family History Forum will discuss Griffith’s Valuation. The program will begin at 10 a.m., at Bethpage...
Seeking quiet, finding bliss Seeking quiet, finding bliss
I sat down in a Queens restaurant recently with playwright Honor Molloy for Hobnobs, tea and conversation. Talk of “Dublin Noir,” Molloy’s latest p...
Officers evade justice in killings Officers evade justice in killings
James Patrick “Jim” Conroy was born in Dublin in 1897 and died in Southern California in 1981. His path early in life was typical of many of those ...
West Cork Wonderful!   Part Two, Dear Old Skibbereen West Cork Wonderful!  Part Two, Dear Old Skibbereen
West Cork, the area stretching (west to east) from the Beara Peninsula to Kinsale, is filled to the brim with candy-colored villages, rugged landsc...
‘Translations’ veers off course ‘Translations’ veers off course
When we revert back to the romance of the past, it evokes an eventual disdain for ourselves; not merely for the falsifications and self-deception s...
A fire festival takes on climate A fire festival takes on climate
There were plenty of curious glances on Sunday, Oct. 29, as a steady stream of men and women, carrying mysterious bags and boxes, filed past the ch...
Unscripted musical evenings from Burke's cottage in the West Unscripted musical evenings from Burke's cottage in the West
A couple of big, exciting concerts coming up to let readers know about, one in New York and the other in Chicago. The first is Tony DeMarco’s “New ...
Revival for 'Working: A Musical' plus latest plays at IAC, NYIC Revival for 'Working: A Musical' plus latest plays at IAC, NYIC
It began as a collected series of interviews with regular Americans. Four years later, in 1978, it was a musical that was nominated for six Tony Aw...

 

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