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Irish Center is jewel in Maine crown
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Irish Center is jewel in Maine crown
By Matthew Jude Barker letters@irishecho.com If you meander your way down historic State Street approaching Portland’s working waterfront, you will...
Answering the WWI call of battle
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Answering the WWI call of battle
Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Published in the Irish Echo, Sept. 3, 2014 A granduncle of mine, a Reynolds from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,...
Sweet memories of Forest Hills in '64
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Sweet memories of Forest Hills in '64
The Beatles in 1964. [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS] A remembrance by Frances Scanlon, published in the Irish Echo, Aug. 27, 2014 Aug. 29: just another date ...
Cultural center to build in historic area
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Cultural center to build in historic area
Published in the Aug. 20, 2014, issue of the Irish Echo The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company’s HQ in Rondout (click on image for larger view). By ...
Irish gay group vows to continue campaign
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Irish gay group vows to continue campaign
By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com The announcement that a gay marching group comprised of NBC employees will be allowed to march in the 2015 N...
Dolan to lead, gays to march
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Dolan to lead, gays to march
Cardinal Timothy Dolan By Ray O'Hanlon letters@irishecho.com Cardinal Timothy Dolan will lead the 2015 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade and for th...
At Last, An Oscar for Maureen
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At Last, An Oscar for Maureen
By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com It’s the news that her legions of fans around the world have been waiting for. Actress Maureen O’Hara is to ...
It’s Kansas, but not as you know it
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It’s Kansas, but not as you know it
Find the PDF version here: Irish Echo August 20, 2014 page 9 By Evan Short It’s a little known fact but Kansas City, Missouri, is a city with a hug...
Galway hurlers end 25-year wait
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Galway hurlers end 25-year wait
By Frank Brady Galway 3-18 Long Island Gaels 2-15 As it is 25 years since their last triumph, the Galway hurling club in New York will be enjoying ...
Fans look ahead to 2014/15 Premiership
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Fans look ahead to 2014/15 Premiership
Stephen Boland, works for UPS; originally from Longford, supports Liverpool We’ll miss Suarez. How can you not miss Suarez? But I don’t think he wo...
Exploring the New York Irish brand
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Exploring the New York Irish brand
Olivia Barry has graduated with a master’s degree in professional studies specializing in branding at the School of Visual Arts. By Peter McDermott...
Disaster strikes in crumbling system
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Disaster strikes in crumbling system
Darragh McKeon. PHOTO: ANA SCHECTER Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In a run-down Moscow apartment block, a 9-year-old piano prodigy practi...

 

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