Culture
BOOKS: Riveting read sheds new light on Philly's IRA supporters who shipped weapons to frontlines
The story of Irish America’s role in the Troubles is too often told from the perspective of New York or Boston. The Next One Is for You, by Ali Wat...
October 08, 2025
by Jack McCarthy
Unreliable narrators seek truth
In 1979, at the time when Northern Ireland was under siege by a civil atrocity we know as the Troubles, a song was playing on the radio by an Engli...
October 08, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
Compilation showcases 6 women who elevate piping tradition
This week I’ve got a report on a few bits coming out of Dublin’s biggest archival institutions in Na Píobiarí Uilleann and the Irish Traditional Mu...
October 06, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Day-Lewis, son Ronan impress with 'Anemone'
After an eight-year acting hiatus, Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the screen to star in his son Ronan Day-Lewis’s directorial debut “Anemone,” a herme...
October 06, 2025
by Joseph Pelan
Best 100 Hotels in Ireland Revealed in Annual List
If you’re planning a visit to Ireland any time soon, you’d be well-served to check out Pól Ó Conghaile’s recently revealed list of “the 100 best ho...
October 03, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
300 songs plus on calendar
Sad news to begin with this week with the announcement that Bridget Flynn, of Flynn Irish Dance in Yonkers, has died. Flynn was a pillar of New Yor...
October 02, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Prelates criticized over post-assassination comments
“God help us, if the United States stopped existing, because everything stops existing eventually, my church would not. But what frightens me about...
October 01, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Fresh-faced talent & blossoming artistry at scholarships salon
A special Irish American Writers & Artists youth/student salon convened on Sept.19 at Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St., featuring the awarding of th...
September 26, 2025
by Maureen Hossbacher
Éamon de Valera and Me
It was the summer of 1952 when the Man himself—Éamon de Valera, the taoiseach — arrived by train in my hometown of Ballina, Co Mayo, to give his su...
September 25, 2025
by Seamus Clarke
Bashing democracy’s defenders
An Irish priest discovered recently that over 40 years ago he’d become a likely target for assassination. Inspired by liberation theology and also ...
September 24, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Earthquake hits, distillery survives
.After an August break, it was great to be back at Slainte Oakland and to be welcomed by our favorite server Shante and Ed, the co-owner. They even...
September 23, 2025
by Lori Cassels.
Music to enchant trad fans
In the media yoke this week is “Two For Joy” by fiddle player Sheila Garry and harpist Elaine Hogan. A follow up to their utterly gorgeous album “S...
September 22, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Engaging debut remains essential
Unreliable narrators seek truth
Compilation showcases 6 women who elevate piping tradition
Day-Lewis, son Ronan impress with 'Anemone'
Best 100 Hotels in Ireland Revealed in Annual List
300 songs plus on calendar
Prelates criticized over post-assassination comments
Fresh-faced talent & blossoming artistry at scholarships salon
Éamon de Valera and Me
Bashing democracy’s defenders
Earthquake hits, distillery survives
Music to enchant trad fans
