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Joseph Hurley, who died last month, reviewed plays for the Irish Echo for 20 years until his retirement in 2012. JOSEPH HURLEY: AN APPRECIATION By ...

Lemon Poppyseed Loaf. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson Mother’s Day, a national holiday celebrated on the second Sunday of May in the United States...

Irish author Denise Deegan, who has written of her life and work in the Echo, is spending her lockdown days at home writing, both as herself and un...

Glucksman Ireland House on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. By Irish Echo Staff Glucksman Ireland House at New York University is holding a series of zoo...

“69th NYS Memorial Mass, St. Brigid's Church, August, 1861, Imagined,” 2014, oil on linen, by Patricia Melvin. The painting depicts the Memorial Ma...

The New York GAA is not standing idly by, indeed quite the contrary. By Frank Brady If you are a member of the tri-state GAA family you would be ex...

Eavan Boland. By Irish Echo Staff President Michael D. Higgins has led tributes to internationally acclaimed Irish poet, Eavan Boland, who died sud...

“Slí na mBeaglaoich Ciarraí” is must-see viewing on TG4. By Daniel Neely It’s not like you needed any more reminding of how severely the Covid-19 p...

Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Imported asparagus are available all year round, but there is nothing to beat those locally grown in its short spr...

[The article is one a short series called History by the Book. The featured work here is David T. Gleeson's "The Gray and the Green." For others in...

Jayne Pomplas's releases of February and March are digital-only releases exclusive to Bandcamp. By Daniel Neely This week my focus will be on not o...

Keep calm, carry on and bake! By Margaret M. Johnson Work from home. Shelter in place. Self-quarantine. Social distance. The new normal appears to ...