Sampson left indelible mark on the law
Under American law, a priest does not have to reveal what he learns in the confessional, but this important pillar of American religious freedom th...
October 12, 2022
by Geoffrey Cobb
Fellow musicians are passionate about O'Brien's work
Not sure if anyone watched Saturday Night Live last week, but Brendan Gleeson was the host. During his monologue, Gleeson played “Dr. O’Neill’s hor...
October 11, 2022
by Daniel Neely
N.Y. Matchmaker makes pilgrimage to Ireland
New York, N.Y. — Sept. 29, 2022 "New York's Irish-American Matchmaker" made a voyage to Ireland in September, taking in two historic places that ar...
October 06, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Duddy stars in 'The Night Alive'
“The Night Alive” is back on the New York stage. Conor McPherson’s play, which tells the story of Tommy, a middle-aged loner who has lost hope in l...
October 06, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Mick Moloney's life celebrated at New York events
Legendary musician, folklorist and humanitarian Mick Moloney was finally laid to rest last week with a series of events that finally gave family an...
October 04, 2022
by Daniel Neely
O'Connor had change of heart on Michael Collins
"This book has been a labor of love. To some extent it has been an act of reparation,” wrote Frank O’Connor in the foreword of a book of his in 193...
September 30, 2022
by Peter McDermott
Music, turnout, venue impresses
It was a triumphant return to form for Don Meade’s “Blarney Star” series last Friday in Long Island City, as droves came out to the New York Irish ...
September 30, 2022
by Daniel Neely
Ardal's back in the Apple
Ardal O’Hanlon kicks off the New York Irish Center fall arts program on when he steps on stage at the Long Island City venue on Friday night. The a...
September 28, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Festival lives up to expectations
On the weekend of Sept. 10-11, a brave and poetic contingent of the Irish American Writers & Artists ventured across the wild and mighty New York H...
September 23, 2022
by Jenifer Kelly
4 Irish writers for 'Story Island'
Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop is hosting a literary brunch featuring four Irish writers on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is entitle...
September 22, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Autumn Leaves & Loaves
There’s something very special about autumn, the season that officially begins on September 22 in the northern hemisphere. By definition, the autum...
September 21, 2022
by Margaret M. Johnson
A little bit of Killarney in Northern California
An Irish visitor to Northern California’s grandiose Filoli mansion, nestled at the edge of the towering oak and redwood-forests in the coastal foot...
September 20, 2022
by Geoffrey Cobb