Culture

New York had long held a fascination for Joseph Jones, or Seosamh Mac Seoin, as he’s known in Irish language circles, since he was a young child gr...

Paul Gorry, a prominent Irish genealogist, and Brendan Scott, manager of the website Roots Ireland, had only ever been in contact via email before ...

Folks, last week the Irish Traditional Music Archive launched “From the Bridge: a view of Irish traditional music in New York,” a “major digital ex...

Declan O’Rourke will be back at his New York home away from home next week. The new Irish Arts Center hosts the Dublin singer-songwriter for concer...

The ever-effervescent Ruth Negga brings a sharp, defining performance to a bloodbath of bland in Sam Gold’s latest production of “Macbeth” at the L...

United Nation: The Case for Integrating Ireland by Frank Connolly (Gill Books, £14.99) How do you solve a problem called Identity? It’s a state of ...

Arguably the most famous greyhound ever, Master McGrath was the first racing dog to win the prestigious Waterloo Cup three times. A massive celebri...

In the prologue to Richard O’Rawe’s second novel, Hermann Goering washes down a morphine tablet with some red wine. He puffs on but doesn’t inhale ...

Tomatoes and basil; potatoes and rosemary; salmon and dill. Perfect partners in summer dishes, of course, but seasoned cooks know that fresh herbs ...

Pic of the Day: Flor MacCarthy and Erskine Childers at Monday evening’s reception at the Consulate of Ireland in New York to mark the U.S. publicat...

“I Called Her Mary” is memoir about the life of Peg O’Hagan that I co-authored with her. It tells a story of faith, hope and love. The book explore...

By now, most music fans have probably heard about the passing of seminal guitarist Dennis Cahill. Cahill, who is best known for his game-changing w...