Culture

THE MI6 SMEARMEISTER Sir Maurice Oldfield, Chief of the British Secret Service, MI6, went to great lengths in the 1970s to influence U.S. political...

Though next week is labelled Holy Week on the ecclesiastical calendar, I fear that holy matters will have to take a back seat for Leitrim folks in ...

Eileen O’Byrne was known sometimes in conversation “to get the wrong end of the stick.” But it was a lucky day for Steven Smyrl that she did the fi...

Spring officially began this year on Monday, March 20, at 5:24 p.m. EDT. The spring equinox marks the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator,...

Six straight hours of performances at the New York Irish Center’s “40 Shades of Green” concert on St. Patrick’s Day concluded with the McKenna Clan...

I hope all our readers had a safe and enjoyable St. Patrick’s Day season! The reports I’ve heard have all suggested a civility that’s a bit unusual...

The Jackie Clarke Collection has secured the loan of 1916 Proclamation signatory Eamonn Ceannt’s set of uilleann pipes for the Connacht Fleadh in B...

“What a life! What a character!” These were Harry Martin’s thoughts as he listened to Cormac O’Malley speak one evening about his father. That nigh...

The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland, which has been promoting peace since 1995, will again grace the Carnegie Hall stage Friday evening, March 17...

On August 7, 2022, a story about the death of a storyteller was national news. David McCullough who had celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday a mont...

If you are Irish, or Irish American, and came of age in the late 1970s, U2 has a special place in your heart. Bono, U2’s lead singer, has just publ...

If it’s the third week in March it means that the Saint Patrick season is once again upon us! It’s the time of year when our traditional musicians ...