Culture

Mayor Mitchel, both despised and admired, still divides opinion

Not only New Yorkers, but people around the world are buzzing about New York’s mayoral elect, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, who will become the secon...

December 10, 2025 by Geoffrey Cobb

Egan tapped again for Burns's 'McMullen' movie follow-up

If you’ve not yet read it, I’d recommend you check out Ray O’Hanlon’s recent and lovely Echo piece about “The Family McMullen,” the just-released s...

December 09, 2025 by Daniel Neely

Opinion

2021 race showed what ranked-choice voting can do

“Ranked Choice Voting gives a strong voice to all voters in our elections, and ensures candidates with the broadest support get to govern.” So says...

December 05, 2025 by Peter McDermott

'A gift from Egypt to the world'

I just visited the stunning new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. As a writer I am not supposed to be at a loss for words, but this amazing bu...

December 05, 2025 by Geoffrey Cobb

Is it real or is it magic talking?

In the “Acknowledgements” section of her latest book, Lucy McDiarmid reveals she loved showing her students “what a social occasion a poetry readin...

December 03, 2025 by Peter McDermott

Lighter, Fruity Cakes for the Holiday Table

Love it or loathe it, fruitcake is one of Christmastime’s most iconic foods. I make no apologies for being one who loves it, and over the years I’v...

December 03, 2025 by Margaret M. Johnson

Patrolman shot in 1945 honored

Patrolman Francis Garret McKeon was honored in a memorial ceremony at the 34th Precinct in Washington Heights on Monday, Nov. 17, the 80th annivers...

December 03, 2025 by Luan Rogers

Each O'Connell post is a gem

The great Robbie O’Connell needs no introduction to most readers of this column. A singer and songwriter with a fabulous voice and an unmatched sen...

December 02, 2025 by Daniel Neely

'Nollaig - A Christmas Journey' is latest from Celtic Woman

Celtic Woman, the most successful all-female group in Irish history, with a legacy of 12 Billboard number ones, over 10 million album sales and 3 b...

December 02, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff

16th PoetryFest for Dec. 5-7

The New York City/Ireland love affair is hardly a new romance, but it continues to bloom. A fine example is a great idea that began in 2009 when Ir...

November 28, 2025 by James Olwell

Joseph and Faith go to Mexico

On Tuesday night, Nov. 11, when autumn was finally coming into a New York view, a spirited Irish American Writers and Artists evening was coming to...

November 26, 2025 by Bernadette Cullen

Keating departs, Schoch takes charge

It was announced this week that, after decades of distinguished service, the great Paul Keating has chosen to step down from his stewardship of Cat...

November 25, 2025 by Daniel Neely

Be Grateful for Gratins and Other Tasty Sides

As Thanksgiving approaches, most cooks rely on the tried-and-true recipes they’ve been serving for decades. Roast turkey goes without saying, but t...

November 21, 2025 by Margaret M. Johnson

'Ever surprising, compelling' stories from Chicago

Margaret never took to being called “Marge,” hating, she says, “Americans’ lazy habit of ‘nicknames.’” Nor did she much like her U.S.-born husband’...

November 20, 2025 by Peter McDermott

The Sheriff was feared, respected

The most respected and significant person of my boyhood in Mountmellick, Co. Laois, was E. J. Breen, who taught in the Boys’ National School. He wa...

November 20, 2025 by Tom Phelan

Through history's lens

Richard Drew of the Pasadena Star-News was the youngest and least experienced of the four working photographers present when Robert Kennedy was sho...

November 19, 2025 by Peter McDermott