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Tadhg Ó Meachair, left, Joanna Hyde and Dave Curley. By Colleen Taylor new international trio has designed their own iteration of transatlantic fol...

Former television writer Felicity Hayes-McCoy is the author of the Finfarran books. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In an essay at the back...

AW&A welcomes Ray Hegarty from the SAOL Project of Dublin. Clockwise from top left are Board Member John McDonagh, President Maria Deasy, Board Mem...

Lankum pictured before a performance at Berlin on New York's Lower East Side in October. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Daniel Neely Award-winning Dub...

Turtle Bunbury's latest book is "Ireland's Forgotten Past." Page Turner / By Peter McDermott “The Night of the Big Wind,” which took place on Jan. ...

Tommy Tiernan, right, and Mike McCormack in “Cumar: A Galway Rhapsody.” By Peter McDermott To sustain a living in the arts involves “risk and dange...

James Doherty. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “The Liberal government of H.H. Asquith, comprised of talented and even brilliant politician...

Joe Hurley in the audio recording studio working on the late Alphie McCourt's memoir, "The Soulswimmer." Two favorites are back on the Manhattan st...

Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson In late 1759, Kildare-born Arthur Guinness decided to "try his luck in Dublin," where he took a 9,000-year...

Pierce Turner at Joe's Pub. PHOTO BY GEOFF GREEN Two favorites are back on the Manhattan stage on St. Patrick's Day -- Pierce Turner at Joe's Pub a...

By Daniel Neely Last week New York lost another of its great old guard musicians, fiddle player Pete Kelly. Kelly, who lived on Long Island, was fr...

A picture of the interior of the Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast by James Fennell, co-author of "The Irish Pub" with Turtle Bunbury (whose latest bo...