Culture

"The Tide of Winter" has a very high degree of variety making it an easy listener. By Daniel Neely Last weekend I had a read through “Navigating th...

Mincemeat Muffins. By Margaret M. Johnson Mincemeat, a mixture of chopped dried fruits, spices, and spirits, is one of Ireland’s most popular Chris...

Shane MacGowan live onstage in 1988. ANDREW CATLIN/PHOTO COURTESY OF MAGNOLIA PICTURES By Mike Houlihan Christmas 2020 will hit in a few weeks and ...

Legend has it contractors refused to touch a wall at the County Offaly residence that's the inspiration for this tale. By Irish Echo Staff Jeff Dur...

Murray and Magill have played together for years and it shows. By Daniel Neely Happy December, everyone! Hope everyone reading this is well and man...

As reported in the Echo a fews weeks ago, Brian Kennedy, seen photographed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 9, 2019, had to pause his popular Facebook seri...

Mini Bundt Fruitcake. Recipes / By Margaret Johnson A few weeks ago, I shared the recipe for Darina Allen’s Christmas Cake, one that I’m sure some ...

Sr. Maura Clarke MM “offers a model of a person who was willing to learn uncomfortable and inconvenient truths,” according to her biographer. MARYK...

Fia Clothing is taking the high ground and wants you to do so, too. The luxurious new apparel brand is built upon Ireland’s renown as a nation of w...

Modern Day Mummers. By Daniel Neely On last Wednesday, Nov. 25, Bill McEvoy, the founder of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in North America, passed aw...

A still from ‘Overdosed.’ County Waterford-born filmmaker Mary Sue Connolly presented her 75-minute documentary “Overdosed” at Microscope Gallery, ...

Sr. Maura Clarke with visiting members of her family in Nicaragua. She was killed in El Salvador 40 years ago this week. By Geoffrey Cobb On Dec. 2...