This Irish America

Former vice president Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency on the fourth and final night of the party's...

Last year, two million visitors from North America visited the Emerald Isle. That stunning figure - fully one-in-ten of all Americans who travelled...

In 2012 journalist and author Pete Hamill was named Irish Echo Irish American of the Year and he was duly honored at the New York-New Belfast confe...

Grand Central in New York at the beginning of rush hour. But few people are rushing in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo by Peter McDermott.

The death has taken place in New York of Cork native James "Jim" Cagney who, along with his wife Bridget, pictured here with him, was long a famili...

When the Covid hurricane struck in mid-March, most US restaurants pulled down the shutters and called it a day. That was never an option, though, f...

TV legend Regis Philbin passed away over the weekend at age 88 and reports state that he will be laid to rest at his university alma mater, Notre D...

When it was thought the solution to the coronavirus crisis would be a fairly straighforward 12-week lockdown, most Irish organisations across the U...

A statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Peter's Parish in Dorchester was damaged by fire. There has been more than one recent vandalism attack on church...

In the movie "Jaws" Captain Quint, played by Robert Shaw, opened a portal into history and told the tale of a wartime tragedy for the United States...

The Astoria Historical Society, together with the Lavender and Green Alliance, is hosting a presentation with Brendan Fay tonight Thursday, July 9 ...

Masked Helpers. Bronx members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians have been donating checks to local Catholic parishes which, in turn, have been hel...