Culture

The CraicFest is known for its music and its films, but this year the latter are paying particular homage to the former. “This is unprecedented,” s...

Big news, folks: all systems are go for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2022, which will take place in Mullingar July 31 to Aug. 7! It’s been a while...

Part II I had high hopes for Charles Dineen. Lots of people did. He went to work each day, leaving behind his wife and three children in the apartm...

Super Bowl LVI kicks off at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles next Sunday, drawing what will probably be close to 100 million viewers. The competition bo...

In the spotlight this week is the newly-released revised & updated edition of “The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin,” a collection describing the life and...

On Feb.1, Imbolg rings in the spring season in Ireland and other Celtic lands. It is the time of new birth when lambs are born and the first flower...

Geographer Joseph Brady observed once that some of his fellow Dubliners seemed to know more about their city in medieval times than the present or ...

As all that is well must end well, so too does the 14th annual Origin’s 1st Irish Festival, which concluded on Monday with reflections of hope and ...

The law enforcement community will turn out again today in their thousands to honor fallen hero Wilbert Mora, who was tragically gunned down in Har...

When all else fails, I turn to eggs for a quick supper. While a tart, quiche or frittata might not work that well for a big family or for one with ...

Jimmy Walker epitomized Jazz Age New York. Charming and beloved, but also embodying all that was wrong with Tammany Hall politicians, Walker was fo...

Like many other Famine refugees, John McDonald’s rise from poverty to great wealth and fame seems more like a fairy tale than an authentic biograph...