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Be Grateful for Gratins and Other Tasty Sides 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

Miller study takes issue with showband critiques Miller study takes issue with showband critiques
“Public Warned Not To Attend Illegal Dance This Weekend,” a Leitrim Observer’s recent article’s headline read. It was in reference to a thing calle...
November 18, 2025 by Daniel Neely
Celebrating Samhain in NYC Celebrating Samhain in NYC
Samhain, the Celtic New Year, is our favorite holiday. Back when I taught Irish language classes, I would challenge my students to find a character...
November 14, 2025 by Maura Mulligan
IAC honor Conan, raise $3.8m IAC honor Conan, raise $3.8m
Irish Arts Center honored the Emmy-winning comedian Conan O’Brien and Chairman and CEO of Amgen Robert Bradway on last Friday night at their 26th A...
November 14, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff
Recalling a 'strong connection' Recalling a 'strong connection'
Paul Muldoon was driving along a Manhattan street one Saturday morning years ago when a yellow cab pulled out in front of him. “Very abruptly, the ...
November 13, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Former lovers probe shared past Former lovers probe shared past
In the early 2000s, before I was married, I lived for five years on the Sunnyside/Woodside border with a good buddy whose mom is from Longford and ...
November 12, 2025 by Stephen Butler
File Under File: Where I Come From
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File Under File: Where I Come From
File Under File (being the Irish word for bard) is a new addition to the Irish Echo which will feature the work of Irish American poets. If you wis...
November 09, 2025 by Charley Lavery
Another autumn harvest of creativity at the Ellington Another autumn harvest of creativity at the Ellington
At the Oct. 14 salon of Irish American Writers & Artists, ‘twas the season to be eerie. The walls of the Ellington restaurant on 105th St & Broadwa...
November 05, 2025 by Maureen Hossbacher
Irish music's alive and well at Slainte salon Irish music's alive and well at Slainte salon
Slainte is a warm, wood-paneled oasis of food for the soul down in Jack London Square. It was my great pleasure to be there on a recent Wednesday f...
November 05, 2025 by Seán Lightholder
Muldoon for SHU Muldoon for SHU
On this Friday, Nov. 7, Sacred Heart University Community Theatre, Fairfield, Conn. will host Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon and Grammy-n...
November 05, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff
Clocks are Back, It's Time for Soup Clocks are Back, It's Time for Soup
It’s November, the month when Daylight Saving Time ends and most of the U.S. and Canada turn the clocks back one hour and resume Standard Time (in ...
November 05, 2025 by Margaret M. Johnson
Boston's Connolly was Olympic Games pioneer, author Boston's Connolly was Olympic Games pioneer, author
In 1896, with the revival of the Olympic Games, James Brendan Connolly, the son of immigrants from the Aran islands, became the first Olympic champ...
November 04, 2025 by Geoffrey Cobb
Mercy fundraiser for Nov. 21 Mercy fundraiser for Nov. 21
A bunch of items for your consideration this week. First up is the Mick Moloney Memorial Concert, taking place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at the...
November 04, 2025 by Daniel Neely



 



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