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Theatre / By Orla O'Sullivan “These Halcyon Days” * By Deirdre Kinahan * Starring Anita Reeves and Stephen Brennan * Directed by David Horan * at t...

By Peter McDermott In most conversations he has with casual acquaintances or strangers, Paul Finnegan asks the same question: “Do you know someone ...

Irish graduates value social-work experience with Chicago seniors By Peter McDermott CHICAGO--A decade ago, Sheila McMackin took on a cultural exch...

By Orla O’Sullivan “Who’s Your Daddy?” * By and starring Johnny O’Callaghan * Directed by Tom Ormeny at the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22nd St...

By Orla O'Sullivan Freud said the Irish were “one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.” Nonetheless, Irish-American Alis...

By Frieda Klotz Overcrowded workhouses, soup kitchens that closed when they were needed most, a neglectful British administration and a population ...

Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott In an article last week, the New York Times referred to a team named “Sunderland United.” That to a soccer f...

Published in the Irish Echo on March 20, 2013 By Orla O'Sullivan Had her parents not sent her to Paris as a reward for her decision to become a nun...

By Peter McDermott Some have it that the Irish built New York. In the case of Jim Rodgers’s family it could be said to be literally true. His great...

“For Love” * Written by Laoisa Sexton * Directed by Tim Ruddy * Starring John Duddy, Jo Kinsella, Georgina McKevitt, Laoisa Sexton * at the Irish R...

By Peter McDermott The new pope is the first Francis, the first non-European in 1,000 years, the first Latin American, and the first, more generall...

The life of frequent Irish Echo contributor Patrick Fenton and his family was turned upside down by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29. In this essay in di...