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TRASNA MEIRICEÁ: How the Irish language helped a Belfast actor rediscover Ireland in the U.S.
New York had long held a fascination for Joseph Jones, or Seosamh Mac Seoin, as he’s known in Irish language circles, since he was a young child gr...
July 11, 2022
by Aileen Gorman Leong
Ireland Has Lost a Friend
Photo of the Day: Then Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meeting in December, 2013. Mr. Abe was shockingly assassinated F...
July 08, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Johnson Resignation an 'Opportunity' says Martin
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that Boris Johnson’s upcoming resignation as British Prime Minister is an “opportunity to return to the spirit of...
July 08, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
Roots experts in the spotlight
Paul Gorry, a prominent Irish genealogist, and Brendan Scott, manager of the website Roots Ireland, had only ever been in contact via email before ...
July 08, 2022
by Peter McDermott
This Irish America
Mayoral Visit First to Cincinnati's Irish Hub
Mayor Aftab Pureval of Cincinnati has made his first visit to the city's bustling Irish Heritage Center where he received a warm 'céad míle fáilte'...
July 07, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Early Days
Pic of Day. As new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting with then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in October, 2019. The years since ten would prove ...
July 07, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
North Uncertainty With Johnson Resignation
The fate of the Northern Ireland, power sharing politics and Anglo/Irish relations were collectively up in the air today with the announcement by B...
July 07, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
'From the Bridge' is a must-see
Folks, last week the Irish Traditional Music Archive launched “From the Bridge: a view of Irish traditional music in New York,” a “major digital ex...
July 06, 2022
by Daniel Neely
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Full Marks for Dervla from SOCIAL Lawyers
The Society of Irish American Lawyers (SOCIAL) has awarded its annual scholarship to Dervla Fitzgerald, a high school senior who attends the Montfo...
July 06, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
Martin In Ukraine
Photo of the Day: Taoiseach Michael Martin viewing the damage to the Borodyanka area, including the statue of poet Taras Shevchenko. Martin was in ...
July 06, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
German Government Stands Beside Ireland
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney could well be echoing President Kennedy this week. He might be saying "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" after the German ...
July 06, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Negga superb in aimless 'Macbeth'
The ever-effervescent Ruth Negga brings a sharp, defining performance to a bloodbath of bland in Sam Gold’s latest production of “Macbeth” at the L...
July 05, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix