Culture

First things first: after a long time away, the brilliant Karan Casey is launching her U.S. tour, Sept. 1-18. With the help of Niamh Dunne (fiddle,...

Joe Calderone’s novel “Don’t Look Back” begins at 9:05 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001. A probie double-checks his gear before leaving the firehouse. “It migh...

On Monday, Aug. 15, Manhattan's famed Friars Club was the setting for Irish American Writers & Artists' First Annual Stephen J. Fearon Humor Salon....

It’s 1979 at the outset of Joseph Goodrich’s mystery novel “The Paris Manuscript” and Ned Jameson’s daughter has persuaded him to move in with her ...

Some welcome news to start this week’s column. Beginning this September, the New York Irish Center in Long Island City, Queens, will be hosting Don...

rIreland has thirty-two counties and four ancient provinces, but only one kingdom — The Kingdom of Kerry! Renowned for its gorgeous coastline wrapp...

Tom Mahon remembered the grandfather for whom he was named as a “very kind, jovial man, with a great sense of humor, and a great raconteur.” He nev...

An extract from “The Ballycotton Job: An Incredible True Story of IRA Pirates." The news that the IRA had captured a Royal Navy ship along with a v...

Ireland has thirty-two counties, four ancient provinces, but only one kingdom — The Kingdom of Kerry! Locals might suggest there are actually two (...

Walking into the Old Town Bar at 45 East 18th St. in Manhattan is more than simply entering an elegant space. It is a trip back in time to an era w...

A short while ago I received a copy of “Always a Journey, Never a Destination: A Clare Footprint,” a 30-minute or so film produced by musician and ...

Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu, and he was a nationalist. It would’ve been wrong, however, to describe him as a Hindu nationalist. Indeed, that was the...