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Jim Rodgers and Aedin Moloney enjoying Bloomsday on Stone Street in recent times. By Irish Echo Staff One Bloomsday has been missed in person and m...

Author Tom Phelan pictured on a trip home to Ireland. By Tom Phelan When Maeve Towey was born in the mid-1930s, her mother died on the birthing bed...

Choreographer and dancer Oona Doherty. By Peter McDermott Filmmaker Cara Holmes can easily recall her reaction on first encountering Oona Doherty. ...

An album released in 2020 that got missed amidst all of the live streaming. By Daniel Neely The last year has been a weird time for newly released ...

Jonas Armstrong welcomed the opportunity to film in his native Ireland. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACORN TV By Karen Butler "Robin Hood," “Ripper Street” an...

Strawberry Shortcakes. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson June 14 is designated as “National Strawberry Shortcake Day,” but let’s face it: those dele...

James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. By Peter McDermott Intrigue, betrayal, suspense a...

Brendan Mulvihill. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Folks, the sessions are slowly on their way back! I was chatting recently with the great Don...

Bray, Co. Wicklow Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Fans of the Dingle-based, award-winning Irish ice cream can now get their Murphy’s “fix”...

Jim Regan, editor of the Newsletter of the Irish Family History Forum. The Irish Family History Forum has been honored again by the National Geneal...

Ethel Rohan. [Photo by Justin Yee] Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In the second last story in Ethel Rohan’s wonderful collection, “In the ...

Prof. Seamus Deane. By Kevin Holohan In a somewhat melodramatic introductory lecture, reminiscent of the law school TV drama “The Paper Chase,” som...