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Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns has Released a new song for the season, Macy’s Window (Christmas in New York). It is available on iTunes By Irish Echo S...

Colum McCann will feature in the NYIC show. The New York Irish Center will present on Christmas Eve, at 2 p.m., “Home Away From Home This Christmas...

Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia in 1917. By Geoffrey Cobb Heroic women’s rights fighter Lucy Burns died on Dec. 22, 1966 at the age of...

A picture taken in recent years of the Christmas tree in front of India House, 1 Hanover Sq., near Wall Street. PHOTO BY JAMES RODGERS By Peter McD...

Gingerbread Bars with Cream Cheese Icing. Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Gingerbread men, gingerbread houses, even the smell of ginger signals Ch...

Brian Kennedy at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 9, 2019. By Irish Echo Staff Brian Kennedy, who has been doing shows online throughout 2020, will livestream...

Martin “Jim” McFadden. By Irish Echo Staff “Matt Talbot will you please pray for me. I am a broken man.” So says Martin “Jim” McFadden on a video f...

"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...