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Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...
August 20, 2026
by Gerry Adams
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KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...
August 20, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
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Pic of Day: The Women of Irish Heritage Jersey shore recently elected a new Executive Board and here they are. See report in this week's print/digi...
August 19, 2026
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Catalpa Gathering at Ernie O'Malley's
Premier League Preview: Arsenal have slight edge
Mary Pat Kelly to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
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Garden Saved
Field created the nocturne form
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Pic of Day: The Women of Irish Heritage Jersey shore recently elected a new Executive Board and here they are. See report in this week's print/digi...
August 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Catalpa Gathering at Ernie O'Malley's
Ernie O'Malley's in Manhattan will be the setting on Saturday, August 22 for a talk and fundraiser in aid of a memorial to the 1876 Catalpa rescue ...
August 19, 2026
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Double Gold
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August 18, 2026
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Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...
August 20, 2026
by Gerry Adams
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KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...
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Garden Saved
In a world on fire every bit of green counts. Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan is a tiny sliver of green in the mostly asphalt and concre...
August 19, 2026
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Thirty-Two Years And No Conviction: The Murder Of Roseanne Mallon
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GERRY ADAMS: New Irelanders will reap what women like Martina have sown
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Mary Pat Kelly to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
The Irish American Writers & Artists has announced that author and filmmaker Mary Pat Kelly will receive the 2026 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achieveme...
August 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Field created the nocturne form
Few piano compositions can compete with the beauty of the nocturne. Its melodies seem almost to sing, creating the illusion of a lone voice driftin...
August 18, 2026
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July 30, 2026
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Life Anew on the Great Blasket
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Premier League Preview: Arsenal have slight edge
Now might be the time to get good odds on Manchester City winning the Premier League. The champions of six of the past nine seasons went down 3-0 t...
August 19, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Irish stars win medals in European track, swim championships
Ireland are celebrating unprecedented medal success and strong performances overall on the track and in the swimming pool in European Championships...
August 18, 2026
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