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Spirit of Ireland's Gala's special guests Spirit of Ireland's Gala's special guests
Siblings Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, who hail from the Gaeltacht region of Connemara, were special guest performers at Irish Arts Center's 20...
November 11, 2026 by Irish Echo Staff
Writing family history
The theme of the next meeting of the Irish Family History Forum, scheduled for Saturday morning, Nov. 21, is “Quick Ancestor Sketches: Turning Rese...
November 11, 2026 by Irish Echo Staff
Concern for arrested leaders
A written question submitted on Sept. 1 by a Liberal Democratic Party life peer in the Houses of Parliament in London asked about the detention of ...
November 11, 2026 by Peter McDermott

Someone who would listen
Irish filmmaker Cara Holmes returns to the New York screen with her latest documentary “Lesbian Lines,” which has its North American premiere at DO...
November 11, 2026 by Irish Echo Staff
Samhain keeps memories alight Samhain keeps memories alight
Celebrating the origins of the pre-Christian Samhain festival we refer to as Halloween today, feels like discovery in so many ways. Since the early...
November 10, 2026 by Deirdre Batson
Album captures pure-drop magic Album captures pure-drop magic
In the media yoke this week is a real cracker of an album from fiddle player Jimmy Murphy and flute player James Murray called “The Two Jimmys: Tra...
November 09, 2026 by Daniel Neely
Pumpkin Sweets for the Season Pumpkin Sweets for the Season
While pumpkins are not native to Ireland, they’re in great demand during the autumn, especially around Halloween (also known as Samhain, one of the...
November 06, 2026 by Margaret M. Johnson
Lansdowne beat old rivals 6-1 Lansdowne beat old rivals 6-1
On a brisk Halloween night at Tibbetts Brook Park, Lansdowne Yonkers went trick-or-treating in the 2027 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third qualifying r...
November 05, 2026 by Jay Mwamba
Knocking at the door Knocking at the door
We only had the one entrance. It had a number on it. Wherever we lived people would know that was us. It followed us about. It was always “31.” The...
November 05, 2026 by Anthony C. Murphy
'Bowne around Towne' 'Bowne around Towne'
Part of the mission of Bowne House is to educate the public about Queens, New York City and American history through the story of nine generations ...
October 30, 2026 by Irish Echo Staff
Party day was once low key Party day was once low key
St. Finbarr’s Boys Club took out an ad in Cork’s Evening Echo for a dance that was due to take place on Wednesday night, Oct. 31, 1951. That saint’...
October 29, 2026 by Peter McDermott
Lunny: genius, revolutionary Lunny: genius, revolutionary
n Aug. 8, I was standing in a tent in Belfast watching TG4's coverage of the Fleadh Cheoil when I suddenly realized that one of the giants of Irish...
October 28, 2026 by Geoffrey Cobb
Dónal Lunny, giant of Irish music, 79 Dónal Lunny, giant of Irish music, 79
A significant loss to report this week in the death of Dónal Lunny, at age 79. Perhaps the finest guitar and bouzouki player Irish traditional musi...
October 26, 2026 by Daniel Neely
It's Never Too Soon to Plan a Visit to Ireland It's Never Too Soon to Plan a Visit to Ireland
You know it’s time to start thinking about your next visit to Ireland when Aer Lingus offers start to appear in your inbox and NBC’s "Today" show b...
October 23, 2026 by Margaret M. Johnson
Bartender defeats kingmaker Bartender defeats kingmaker
It is election season, and we are inundated with polls, predictions, and talking heads confidently forecasting the November results. Recently, whil...
October 22, 2026 by Geoffrey Cobb
Yeates has storyteller’s sensibility Yeates has storyteller’s sensibility
I want to start this week with the major news that Aidan Connolly will step down as executive director of New York’s Irish Arts Center. For 20 year...
October 19, 2026 by Daniel Neely

 



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