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Blake dips into her Appalachian side
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Blake dips into her Appalachian side
Aoife Blake. By Daniel Neely In the player this week is Aoife Blake’s new album “The Green Hills.” Originally from Galway but now living in Cork, B...
I gCuimhne George Floyd
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I gCuimhne George Floyd
The NYIC Irish-language class before it went to Zoom. It has been focused on food and drink of late, but this week the theme dealt with the tragedy...
Catching up on Connolly’s Parker
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Catching up on Connolly’s Parker
Charlie Parker is the hero of John Connolly's "Every Dead Thing." By Peter McDermott Last week we asked some people in our artists and writers' com...
Supreme Court’s ‘willful blindness’
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Supreme Court’s ‘willful blindness’
Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Louisville was among the cities that figured in the news Tuesday morning with turbulent events continuing th...
Women's games for later in 2020
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Women's games for later in 2020
The Republic of Ireland’s Katie McCabe and manager Vera Pauw celebrate the win over Montenegro in Budya on March 11. INPHO/FILIP FILIPOVIC The Repu...
Mullany made women’s labor history
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Mullany made women’s labor history
A postcard of the Cluett, Peabody & Co. Collar Cuff and Shirt Factory, Troy, N.Y. By Geoffrey Cobb Irish women have played a long and prominent rol...
Rory's Ryder hunch
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Rory's Ryder hunch
Irish golfer Rory McIlroy reckons this year’s Ryder Cup will not go ahead at Whistling Straights at the end of September. The current world number ...
Tea Party ‘To Go’
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Tea Party ‘To Go’
Merrion Tea in Garden. By Margaret M. Johnson In our new reality of curbside pick-up, front door delivery, drive-thru dining, and just about any me...
A links mystery links U.S. and Ireland
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A links mystery links U.S. and Ireland
Author Jeff Wallach By Irish Echo Staff Being allowed play golf has been one of the signs of a return to something like normality against the backd...
Culture for sheltering-in-place
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Culture for sheltering-in-place
Publicity on the side of a building in Lower Manhattan for "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," starring John Krasinski, who is of Irish and Polish descent. P...
Under the shelter of each other
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Under the shelter of each other
Maura Mulligan. By Maura Mulligan “Climbing the stairs is good exercise,” Natalia texts after delivering two large bottles of water to me on the fo...
McCarthy’s subtlety, nuance on display
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McCarthy’s subtlety, nuance on display
McCarthy is a brilliant musician who is an asset to any project. By Daniel Neely Button accordion Benny McCarthy’s new solo accordion album “Press ...

 

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