Culture

Recently there have been heated discussions about the shameful role of many places in the British Isles in the transatlantic slave trade. One of th...

Uilleann pipers are traditionally an insular bunch. They have their own customs, their own habits and a way of interacting with one another that se...

In praising “Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior” as a “landmark collection,” Foster Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford Ian McBrid...

Today the Way of St. James, an increasingly popular pilgrimage trek to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain not only draws mor...

Spirits were as high as the ceilings in the glassed-in back room of the elegant Ellington restaurant, on West 105th Street, as it filled up with jo...

Pic of the Day: The Irish sketch comedy group Foil Arms and Hog had its first U.S. performance of 2022 in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Per...

If we were in Ireland this week, we’d all be scurrying to find the perfect gift for Mom. Mother’s Day, originally called “Mothering Sunday,” will b...

Saint Patrick’s Day is finally upon us once again and the engines seem to be firing on all cylinders. Parades, gigs, sessions – the whole lot seems...

It started with “Toy Story.” It was 1995 and Jordan Lawlor was just 3. “I was lucky to have my parents introduce me to the cinema at a young age,” ...

“Mass is not supposed to be entertainment.” That’s what Sean Gunning’s wife Reggie would say, he reports in “The Best Present Ever: A Sinner’s Guid...

There was a time when I didn’t think twice about using the subway. In the 1990s when I taught at a public school on West 120 Street, I’d take the A...

We’re getting close to St. Patrick’s Day and with it comes the annual flurry of releases that has been on pause the last couple of years. But the m...