This Irish America
Raising the rafters in St. Patrick’s
The Maynooth University Chamber Choir, which made history last July when it became the first Irish choir to lift the coveted Pavarotti Trophy as “C...
March 11, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Throwback Thursday
St. Patrick’s Day, sixty years ago Sixty years ago the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade was led by Grand Marshal Sean P. Keating who is pictured h...
March 10, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
O’Neill is Emerald standout
The NYPD Emerald Society recently held its annual banquet and awards night at Leonard’s of Great Neck and the occasion included the highlight of NY...
March 09, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Marching in unison in Union
Union County Freeholder Chairman Bruce H. Bergen, Freeholder Vernell Wright and Union County Sheriff Joe Cryan joined Monsignor Hugh O’Donnell, the...
March 08, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
I’m not going anywhere
Taoiseach Enda Kenny pictured outside Leinster House with Fine Gael members elected in the recent general election. Mr. Kenny’s name will be put fo...
March 07, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Mayor to march, and march, and march
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at a press conference held at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan that he will end his boycott and march in th...
March 04, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Throwback Thursday
This image might be one of orderly celebration but political passions were already well astir in Irish America when the Kerrymen’s Association took...
March 03, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Diplomacy Deep in the Heart…
Irish Consul General in Austin, Texas, Adrian Farrell, speaking at the recent awards banquet of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas held in the ...
March 02, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
In step with the voters
Taoiseach Enda Kenny entering Government Buildings today even as counts continued in a couple of constituencies. Mr. Kenny will continue in his pos...
March 01, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Before Oscar came Wilde
Sunday’s Oscars were a big night for the Irish, but before the awards came the big Irish night. J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions Company in Sant...
February 29, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Today’s Irish general election might lead to another
Irish voters are going to the polls today to elect a new government but many believe that the result will be inconclusive and that there might be a...
February 26, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
This Irish America
Throwback Thursday
With Irish voters going to the polls in the general election tomorrow some observers are casting their minds back to February, 1982 and the general...
February 25, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff