Irish legend becomes sophisticated tale
John Kearns’s "Boann and the Well of Wisdom" transforms the traditional Irish legend of Boann into a dynamic two-person play that dissects the comp...
June 23, 2022
by Will McIlwain
War was friend against friend
Picture caption: Military representatives, from left, Seán Mac Eoin (pro-Treaty), Seán Moylan (anti), Eoin O’Duffy (pro), Liam Lynch (anti), Gearói...
June 22, 2022
by Peter McDermott
McIlroy, Maguire flirt with victory but are denied
Another major come and gone, and Rory McIlroy is left to ponder not necessarily what went wrong but what could have and didn’t go right. Not that h...
June 21, 2022
by John Manley
Lee's 'Eyre' is well thought through
It’s not often that I receive an album that features hammer dulcimer, but that’s exactly what we have this week with Mary-Grace Autumn Lee’s album ...
June 21, 2022
by Daniel Neely
Dad, the Day Belongs to You
I’ve heard from a number of men that “the best gift you can give Dad on Father's Day is a full stomach” — preferably one filled by someone other th...
June 18, 2022
by Margaret M. Johnson
Moloney is back on Irish Rep stage as Molly Bloom
"I think I ran out of something to read.” Aedín Moloney was 10 going on 11 when she picked up “Ulysses.” “We were a no-TV house,” the actor recalle...
June 17, 2022
by Peter McDermott
'Ulysses' and Me
In the first weeks of 2022, some leading publications were on top of the centennial of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” which was published on Feb. 2, 1922...
June 15, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Irish Presidents' letters are treasure trove
What makes someone pick up a pen and write a letter to a President? The motivations of letter-writers are as varied as their hand-writing, it turns...
June 15, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Participation is key for CIAW
Folks, lots of cool local stuff to talk about this week, so let’s get right into it! This year the Catskills Irish Arts Week is back and running at...
June 14, 2022
by Daniel Neely
Tall tales & true, plus rousing music
Gathering once again at their new venue, the Ellington, corner of 105th St & B’way, Irish American Writers & Artists drew a happy and responsive cr...
June 13, 2022
by Maureen Hossbacher
Bullying on the agenda
Craic Fest is presenting an LGBT Ireland panel hosted by New York Irish Center tomorrow Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a reception afterwards....
June 10, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Listening to history 50 years ago
On the night of June 9, 1972, the Year of the Water Rat, I stood up "The Godfather" under a waning crescent moon. Pluto, discovered in 1930 as the ...
June 09, 2022
by Frances Scanlon