Culture

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

Malachy officially recognized, again

Twinkly-eyed and chubby cheeked, Malachy McCourt was a much larger build than his brother Frank, but arguably remained in Frank’s shadow. Malachy’s...

December 17, 2025 by Orla O'Sullivan

'Junction' shows NxNW's caliber

In the media yoke this week is “Junction” from the band North by North West or NxNW. Although just their debut album, NxNW has been around for seve...

December 16, 2025 by Daniel Neely

Islander artist

Don’t call it a retrospective. Yes, the title of the exhibition that will run at the Noble Maritime Collection through Jan. 18 is “Bill Murphy: Wat...

December 11, 2025 by Peter McDermott

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