Brilliant, practical bodhrán book
Over the summer I ran into bodhrán player Anna Colliton, who in the course of a chat told me that she was putting together a bodhrán instruction bo...
October 15, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Changed Times
Dan Barry is waiting for that tap on the shoulder, even after 28 years at the New York Times. It would be from someone higher up, someone on the ma...
October 12, 2023
by Peter McDermott
IFHF to discuss the Irish Brigade and the Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is up for discussion at the next gathering of the Irish Family History Forum, and specifically the Irish Brigade’s partici...
October 11, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Trad loses Collins and O'Donovan
There has been entirely too much heartbreak recently in the world of traditional music and it just seems to keep coming. Just after writing about t...
October 10, 2023
by Daniel Neely
'An Féar Fada Fliuch' premieres
The premiere of the Irish language version of Seamus Scanlon’s award winning play The Long Wet Grass | An Féar Fada Fliuch took place in Queens at ...
October 04, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Apples: U-Pick, U-Bake
It’s official: the fall equinox and the first day of autumn arrived on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 02:50 A.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere, and nearly...
September 29, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
NYIC unveils fall program
The New York Irish Center has a packed schedule over the next two months before the Christmas season kicks off in December. We present here a diary...
September 28, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Children's books launch at NYIC
The New York Irish Center launched its fall season with the Queens Irish Heritage Festival on last Saturday afternoon and continues tomorrow night,...
September 27, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Views from the war zones
John Lee had a question about culture shock for foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson. The podcaster and his colleague Martin Nutty were interviewing...
September 26, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Banjoists are headed to Baltimore
Banjo drivers! Book your flights and pack your things, because the second annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit is coming up this Nov. 17-19 at the Creat...
September 24, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Sinéad O'Connor tribute on Oct. 2
“From the moment she burst onto the music scene in the mid ’80s, Sinéad O’Connor did things differently. In an Ireland ensnared by its past, Sinéad...
September 22, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival this Saturday afternoon
The New York Irish Center will present three continuous hours of music and dance set against Manhattan’s skyline at the annual Queens Irish Heritag...
September 21, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff