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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
When Irish Famine History Becomes Local History
In November 2025 I began thinking seriously about how people outside academic settings learn about the Irish Famine. So much of the knowledge about...
October 18, 2026 by Loretto Leary
Why 15 minutes matter
At first glance, the Portadown District Orange Order's request to march down the Garvaghy Road from Drumcree Church seems innocuous enough: just 35...
October 15, 2026 by Geoffrey Cobb

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Fleadh Belfast: 'An outpouring of joy'
John Walsh got a simple question at the Fleadh Cheoil in Belfast. It came from a woman who’d been pushing a pram that had two small children. “Do y...
October 14, 2026 by Peter McDermott
Technology vs. the Beast Technology vs. the Beast
"The Hairy Ape” is a spectacular show. Never can I recall such a lavish production at the Irish Repertory Theatre. The set, especially, plus the co...
October 14, 2026 by Orla O'Sullivan
Brilliance with touch of grit Brilliance with touch of grit
This week, Irish Arts Center is hosting two “ITMA: Drawing from the Well” concerts. These concerts will preview “Across the States: An Irish Cultur...
October 13, 2026 by Daniel Neely
Valladolid recalls Red Hugh Valladolid recalls Red Hugh
In 1602, Red Hugh O’Donnell, Lord of Tyrconell (Donegal) and leader of the Irish in the Nine Years’ War, entered the city of Valladolid in defeat. ...
October 12, 2026 by John Kearns
A sizzling promo for Snazzy A sizzling promo for Snazzy
Only a few days after a storm tore through towns close by, the Manhattan streets are calm and autumnal, crisp and more than refreshed. People on th...
October 09, 2026 by Anthony C. Murphy
Life through the lens Life through the lens
I grew up in Dublin and I’ve always been drawn to making things. Film was probably the first medium where I realized I could combine everything I w...
October 08, 2026 by Daniel Byrne
Apple Cakes for Fall and Beyond Apple Cakes for Fall and Beyond
Apples are one of the world’s most popular and important fruits. There are more than 100 varieties commercially grown in the United States alone, a...
October 07, 2026 by Margaret M. Johnson
New 'Féilire Amhrán' for 2027 New 'Féilire Amhrán' for 2027
Around this time last year, I wrote of the “Féilire Amhrán Traidisiúnta na hÉireann/Traditional Irish Song Calendar,” created by Dublin-based singe...
October 05, 2026 by Daniel Neely
Toughening up in the Big Apple Toughening up in the Big Apple
The first time I saw a rat in New York City, I screamed. It was a midsummer evening in Brooklyn, I was passing stoop after stoop in a scenic browns...
October 01, 2026 by Cal Dillon
It works out for Sisyphus, finally It works out for Sisyphus, finally
Seamus Clarke, of Land o Lakes, Fla., remembers the autumn of 1951 in Mayo very well. A couple of years back, he recounted what happened and compar...
September 30, 2026 by Seamus Clarke
Crafting Spirits in Kerry Crafting Spirits in Kerry
By definition, a craft spirit is “an artisanal alcoholic beverage produced in small batches by independent distilleries.” The makers emphasize qual...
September 24, 2026 by Margaret M. Johnson
Carter brings 'Priceless' to U.S. Carter brings 'Priceless' to U.S.
Nathan Carter has become one of the most recognizable and much-loved names in Irish country music, winning fans in Ireland, the UK and around the w...
September 23, 2026 by Louise Maguire
Great story via outstanding music Great story via outstanding music
In the media yoke this week I have “The Sligo Fiddle Playing of John Frank Vesey: I Would Know it is You.” A two-CD collection of tracks recorded o...
September 22, 2026 by Daniel Neely

 



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