Tasting Tradition in Joyce's Dublin
I was in Dublin in few weeks ago, too early to celebrate Bloomsday, the annual event that commemorates June 16, 1904, the day immortalized in James...
June 25, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Collins's 'Weaving the Tune' is a must-have album
Tim Collins is not only a gentleman and a scholar, he’s also one of the finest concertina players in traditional music. And, he’s just out with a b...
June 20, 2025
by Daniel Neely
IAW&A's 'Queer House' salon
It is a sultry evening in New York. Hot. Humid. One of those evenings where you might just stay home in the air conditioning and watch bad TV inste...
June 18, 2025
by Kevin Holohan
Paris nurtured leading Irish writers
Except for Dublin, no city has played a greater role in the development of Irish literature than the French capital Paris. It’s hard to believe how...
June 13, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
IAWA flies flag at ALA
It was a first for Irish American Writers and Artists, it participated in the American Literature Association’s 36th annual conference, held at the...
June 11, 2025
by Lori Cassels
Events for Bloomsday 2025
Bloomsday falls on a Monday this year, and so some have planned "Ulysses"-themed events over the weekend. We mention two here in particular that ha...
June 11, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
'Anú Abú’ shows Ó Gráda's extraordinary ability
I know I write this every time, but releases from the Ireland-based record label Raelach all seem to carry a sort of imprimatur that confers upon t...
June 10, 2025
by Daniel Neely
The promise of Pentecost
In his first speech as pope on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff on May 8, Leo XIV addressed his greeting to...
June 06, 2025
by Joseph E. Mulligan S.J.
Doonbeg S.C. to honor Cork's James O'Neill in Kerry Hall
In 1961, John Blackall of Doonbeg, Co. Clare, had a bold vision: to create an organization in New York dedicated to bringing together people from t...
June 04, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Ellington packed once again
The Ellington, 105th Street and Broadway -- Full of spring and the joy of life, a throng gathered to speak and sing, to carouse a little, regardles...
June 03, 2025
by Anthony C. Murphy
2025 Irish Restaurant Awards Winners Named
The All-Ireland final of the 2025 Irish Restaurants Awards, held last week in Dublin, honored the country’s top hospitality professionals — owners,...
May 30, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Quinn explores heritage at fest
Evident by his run on “The Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” where he once played a drunkard on St. Patrick’s Day, Colin Quinn has long pro...
May 28, 2025
by Cal Dillon