Celebrate Nollaig na mBan with Cake, Tea and Wine
The twelfth day of Christmas, Jan. 6, officially marks the end of the Christmas season. In Ireland, it’s also one of the most important days on the...
December 31, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Fishermen die, kingpins walk
Liz Oyer has a great job title on her resume: the pardon attorney. She was appointed to that position in 2022 and her U.S. Justice Department bio r...
December 30, 2025
by Peter McDermott
A year of superb albums & books
And with that, we come to the end of 2025! Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to spend time with a wide range of albums and books about tradit...
December 30, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Focus on memories of Christmas past
Resplendent in a glittering jacket of red & green sequins, Mark William Butler, playwright, composer and former Irish American Writers & Artists Bo...
December 24, 2025
by Maureen Hossbacher
County Limerick-born priest Kelly is a hero to Brooklyn immigrants
Msgr. James Kelly, the 87-year-old pastor emeritus of St. Brigid’s Parish in Bushwick, Brooklyn, got some long overdue attention in 2025. In May, S...
December 24, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
An echo in the chancel
I was 12 years old but still I knew I knew something more than the old ones when Father Coyne made me scour the pews, to strafe for wayward souls a...
December 24, 2025
by Anthony C. Murphy
A literary evening
Christmas was an important theme at Nunu Fine Art, 381 Broome St, New York City, last Wednesday for an “evening of literature, laughter and a livel...
December 23, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
'Rian' is a truly compelling album
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone reading this has their holiday preparation in line and is gearing up for a lovely, relaxed time with frie...
December 22, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
BOOKS: From hawking penknives on streets of Manhattan to selling its most luxurious condos
Excerpt from Memoirs of a Watch Salesman: A New York Real Estate Story Everyone’s got a story. This is mine — a true rags-to-riches story that star...
December 22, 2025
by Joseph Aquino
Happy Holiday Salads
We all can probably agree that counting calories is not a holiday activity. A brisk walk after dinner or a game of touch football, sure, but declin...
December 19, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Family's turkey season work was worth it
Each year Mam reared about 80 turkeys for the Christmas market and to give as gifts. The birds she sold produced a little wave of money that would ...
December 19, 2025
by Tom Phelan
O'Connor's 'The Ghosts of Rome' named Irish Book of 2025
Joseph O’Connor’s “The Ghosts of Rome,” the second in a planned World War II-set trilogy, has been named An Post Irish Book of the Year. The first ...
December 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
A Brooklyn kid yearns for success
Celebrate Nollaig na mBan with Cake, Tea and Wine
Fishermen die, kingpins walk
A year of superb albums & books
Focus on memories of Christmas past
County Limerick-born priest Kelly is a hero to Brooklyn immigrants
An echo in the chancel
A literary evening
'Rian' is a truly compelling album
Happy Holiday Salads
Family's turkey season work was worth it
O'Connor's 'The Ghosts of Rome' named Irish Book of 2025
