Culture
'Remember your country!'
[This article is one in a short series History by the Book. For two others in the series click here and here.] “Three key aspects of the Union stru...
May 13, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Salmon Cakes for Supper
Salmon Cakes with Avocado. Recipes| By Margaret M. Johnson A quick and easy meal to serve for supper, salmon cakes (a.k.a. croquettes) were one of ...
May 12, 2020
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Doyle’s latest is simply outstanding
John Doyle's playing on “The Path of Stones” is dynamic and the arrangements are complex. PHOTO BY STACIE HUCKABA By Daniel Neely If you’ve not yet...
May 11, 2020
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Zooming through Gaeilge
Maura Mulligan, center, and her class at the end of the first six-week session earlier this year. By Maura Mulligan In this strange new world, I’ve...
May 08, 2020
by Maura Mulligan
Culture
'Possible’ return remark has GAA buzzing
Wexford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald, pictured at a Walsh Cup game in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, on Jan. 12, believes GAA needs “another month or so”...
May 06, 2020
by P.J. Cunningham
Culture
Four dead in Ohio - NYC reacts
New York Mayor John Lindsay pictured at a meeting with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office in 1967. FRANK WOLFE/LBJ LIBRARY Between the Lin...
May 06, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Generous with your time and knowledge
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 ...
May 05, 2020
by Kate Shea Kennon
Culture
Special Delivery for Special Moms
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...
May 04, 2020
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Lockdown doesn't mean lack of inspiration
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...
May 01, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Glucksman zooms in on African American and Irish ties
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...
April 30, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Saving what remains, block by block
“69th NYS Memorial Mass, St. Brigid's Church, August, 1861, Imagined,” 2014, oil on linen, by Patricia Melvin. The painting depicts the Memorial Ma...
April 30, 2020
by Frances Scanlon
Culture
No games, but NY footballers plan 1000K Sláinte run
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...
April 29, 2020
by Frank Brady