Ancient East: Gracious Homes and Gardens Await in Wicklow
County Wicklow ticks all the boxes when it comes to its place in Ireland’s Ancient East: it’s one of the three coastal counties, along with Wexford...
June 07, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Katie pledges to continue career
Katie Taylor has brushed off any talk of retirement after confirming a rematch with Chantelle Cameron is being lined up for November. The Bray boxe...
June 06, 2023
by Sean Creedon
Bloomsday at Bloom's Tavern, via Origin, celebrates its 10th year
It will be James Joyce meets “Jeopardy” this Sunday at Bloom’s Tavern on Manhattan’s East 58th Street A quiz has become part of the eclectic mix at...
June 06, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Step-dancer O'Riley is a brilliant choice for ITMA's Saothar series
Each month, the Irish Traditional Music Archive showcases an artist composing new works in the traditional idiom in a series they call “Saothar.” L...
June 05, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Irish Coffee's fabled origins
Perhaps no place in the world sells more Irish Coffees than the Buena Vista Bar in San Francisco, California, which serves around 2,000 on any week...
June 02, 2023
by Geoffrey Cobb
Passing on the culture & heritage
"I wrote this book to help you learn more about Ireland and to help you decide which topics interest you so much that you will want to look for eve...
June 01, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Classic's filmed audio-book
Soon after his most famous work was published in 1922, James Joyce began work on his most mystifying, "Finnegans Wake." It took 17 years to complet...
May 31, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Kennedy's songs are formidable
It’s always a good week when I have a new release from Nuala Kennedy to write about, and it just so happens that in the media player this week is a...
May 30, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Queens backs bilingual version of Mayo-set 'The Long Wet Grass'
Galway writer Seamus Scanlon has been awarded a Queens Arts Fund New Work grant by the New York Foundation for the Arts to present the bilingual En...
May 26, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Kavanagh comes to stay - a 'warmer, less acerbic view' results
Patrick Kavanagh has been referred to as the most important Irish poet in the decades between W.B. Yeats’s death and the rise of Seamus Heaney. And...
May 25, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Touring Ireland's East: History & Heritage Alive in County Kildare
County Kildare is often called “the centerpiece of Ireland’s Ancient East,” with every town and village packed with heritage sites ranging from ear...
May 24, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Eight Feet Tall's work gives music and dance equal prominence
Starting this week with the sad news of the untimely passing of Barry Lynch. Lynch was a gifted multi-instrumentalist, involved over the years with...
May 21, 2023
by Daniel Neely