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Eileen McKenna and Caoimhe Mohan, celebrating a win in Ireland in 2013, were among Kerry/Donegal’s key stars in the cup victory at Gaelic Park at t...

July 30, 2014 By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Maine Irish prove that blood is thicker than water with DNA research A pioneering Irish American Maine group i...

By Áine Ní Shionnaigh link to page 6 here On Thursday last I attended a special screening of Calvary as part of the Tribeca Film Festival www.tribe...

Published in the May 29-June 4, 2014, issue of the Irish Echo Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott There is a type in public life that sounds lik...

Interview by Karen Butler [PHOTO: FOX SEARCHLIGHT] Ireland’s Brendan Gleeson still has a special place in his heart for Gerry Boyle, the debauched ...

By Mairtin O'Muilleoir momuilleoir@irishecho.com A bumper fundraising year for the Irish American Partnership has enabled the Boston-headquartered ...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh July 23 page 6 & 7 I like to think that West of Irelanders possess a unique determination and spirit, however, none more so t...

Siobhan Lyons has been executive director of the Irish Immigration Center for five years. By Peter McDermott Siobhan Lyons has a problem. It’s one,...

By Edward McCann Frank McCourt peering out from the front door of Leamy's School on a visit to Limerick City in the summer of 1997. PHOTOCALL My he...

By Áine Ní Shionnaigh This week marks the 15th anniversary of the tragic death of John F. Kennedy Junior, only son of President John F. Kennedy. JF...

John P. Cahill, second from right, at a campaign event in Greene County, N.Y. By Peter McDermott When John P. Cahill says he’s hopeful that it will...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Growing up in the West of Ireland, my exposure to the Fourth of July was limited to two iconic movies. As a young child, I re...