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A still from “The Man Who Wanted to Fly.” By Mike Houlihan “Genius is eternal patience.” So said Michelangelo. He would know of course, lying on hi...

The stout once flowed at 47th Avenue, but these days Nycon New York Concrete Supply is responsible for most of the productive activity on that bloc...

Michael Scanlon. Ballina, Co. Mayo, native Michael Scanlon worked in administration and sales for the Irish Echo in the mid-1990s. In this piece, h...

By Daniel Neely Shane Meehan is a fiddle player from Carrick-on-Shannon Co. Leitrim (now living in Cork) who recently released his solo debut “’twi...

Cillian O’Sullivan plays James and Victoria Meade is Ruby in “Misty Button.” By Mike Houlihan What are the odds of a 35 to 1 shot winning a race? “...

Croke Park awaits the Dublin and Kerry teams. Inpho photo. By Gerry O’Shea The All-Ireland football finals in 1955 and 1975 are remembered with gre...

Tara O'Grady and Dink Bruce in front of his 1949 Chevy pickup truck. By Tara O'Grady Ernest Hemingway came to me in a dream recently. He was wearin...

Mary Goggin. PHOTOS BY CHRIS BOOTH Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Walking into the Cell on sultry late summer day, we might not have predicted that th...

Cherish the Ladies leading the way at the fleadh. By Colleen Taylor The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2019 concluded on Sunday, Aug. 18, with some beau...

Mary Goggin will perform in “Runaway Princess” in New York on Saturday afternoon. PHOTO CREDIT: JEFF MOSIER By Irish Echo Staff Mary Goggin's autob...

Honor Molloy. PHOTOS BY CHRIS BOOTH Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The early August IAW&A Salon mixed presenters whom we don’t see often enough -- Sea...

Goleen on the way to Mizen Head. PHOTOS BY MARGARET M. JOHNSON IRELAND HOPPING | Margaret M. Johnson. Part II I recently spent a few days in Bantry...