No, it's not all connected
We’re all conspiracy theorists, or at least we are in our personal lives. So argues Aoife Gallagher in her book “Web of Lies: The Lure and Danger o...
November 02, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Gallagher: A spell-binding artist
In 1970, both Rory Gallagher and guitar great Jimmy Hendrix played the Isle of Wight Festival. At a post-festival press conference, a reporter aske...
November 01, 2023
by Geoffrey Cobb
Ward Archive makes conference callout for April presentations
Recently, the Ward Irish Music Archive, the largest repository of Irish music and dance in the United States, put out a call for papers for an exci...
October 31, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Origin hosts gala, Rep presents Allegri choir on Monday evening
It will be a busy arts night in New York City on Monday with artistic director Michael Mellamphy presenting Origin Theatre Company’s annual gala, w...
October 27, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
My working-class New York Irish ancestors shared a common goal
“A distance achieved, thanks to the mystery of time, must not change events, landscapes, human figures into a tangle of shadows growing paler and p...
October 26, 2023
by Charles Hale
Derry ghostlore brought to life
Derry’s ghostlore brought to life Brace yourself for a haunting journey into the supernatural as the spine-tingling “Parade of Phantoms Audiobook” ...
October 26, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Clancy, McGrath, Quinn combine their talents for 'Tell Her I Am'
I want to open this week by congratulating Donie Carroll for the successful concert he put on last Friday at the New York Irish Center that helped ...
October 23, 2023
by Daniel Neely
West Cork Wonderful! Part 1: Macroom Buffalo Farm
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...
October 20, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Books discussed
Matthew Parkinson-Bennett, publisher of Little Island Books in Dublin, left, discussed books for children and young adults with three of his author...
October 19, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Reading of Molloy, Goodrich plays on Saturday, Oct. 28
The second floor of the Churchill, 45 East 28th St., in Manhattan, is the venue for an October Saturday afternoon reading of two plays — “Dublin No...
October 19, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Soccer was long considered 'too robust' for female athletes
Like in many other areas, including Belfast, where a few exhibition matches were played in 1895, 1921 and 1925, women’s soccer was slow to attract ...
October 18, 2023
by Conor Curran
A long run
Repeat business. That was the measure of success for Mary Burke, the long-time banquet manager of Rosie O’Grady’s, which closed for business on Jul...
October 18, 2023
by Peter McDermott