Culture
Influenced by North Connacht greats
County Roscommon fiddle player Mossie Martin gets some help from his dad and his siblings for his album “Humours of Derrynacoosan.” By Daniel Neely...
November 04, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Quinlan lecture
Ned Denny, winner of the Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize for First Full Collection, pictured with his sister Rose Ryan at Glucksman Ireland House...
November 04, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Narrowbacks are band on the up
The Narrowbacks's 3rd album, “By Hook or By Crook,” showcases the band's songwriting talent. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Legend says that when ...
November 01, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Pumpkins, Please, For Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Nothing beats the look of a roadside stand selling the orange beauties. MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson While pumpkins...
October 31, 2019
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
O’Connell for IAC
Isabelle O’Connell. The Dublin-born contemporary pianist Isabelle O’Connell will perform on Thursday night, Nov, 7, at the Irish Arts Center in New...
October 31, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
A Syracuse tale
Robert De Niro, star of “The Irishman,” has family roots in a Syracuse neighborhood named for an Irish county and also, it turns out, in the county...
October 30, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Harte has motivation aplenty for marathon
Cheryl Harte warming up ahead of a pre-marathon training session this week in New York. PHOTO BY KELSIE SANDOVAL By Kelsie Sandoval Cheryl Harte, a...
October 29, 2019
by Kelsie Sandoval
Culture
‘Conscious’ has incredible musicality
Composer and musician Pádraig Rynne has a very strong individual vision. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely I’ve been exploring trends in traditio...
October 28, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Irish Screen America returns
A still from "Gaza" gets its New York premiere on Saturday night. Filmmakers Garry Keane and Andrew McDonnell will be on hand to answer questions a...
October 25, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Christmas Eve’s tortured misgivings
Jeffrey Bean, left, and Cillian Hegarty in “Dublin Carol.” PHOTOS BY CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan As “Dublin Carol” opens, John (Jeffrey Bean) a...
October 23, 2019
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
'Heart's search for beauty and truth’
Jackie Shatz, left, curator of “Refuge,” the show currently on at the Green Door Gallery, artist Elisa Jensen and Fr. Paul Anel, a member of Heart'...
October 23, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Peninsula has rich history
The high seas and waves created by Storm Diana pounding the Poolbeg Lighthouse on Dublin’s Great South Wall in November 2018 EAMONN FARRELL/ ROLLIN...
October 22, 2019
by Michael Behan