O'Bradaigh returns to the Garden on Thursday night
Sean O’Bradaigh leads an Irish charge for honors in MSG Boxing’s Ring Masters Championships, one of the nation’s top amateur boxing tournaments, at...
April 10, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Upcoming Events
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast, brings “Agreement” to the JL Greene Theatre at Irish Arts Center for two nights this week, Thursday and Friday. The clo...
April 09, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
'An Bothy Band' is a must-see
A quick reminder at the top that the Ward Irish Music Archive’s “Archiving Irish America” conference takes place this week from April 11-13 in Milw...
April 08, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Culture
All Come to Look for America, but this time by RV and wearing a mask
My DUP buddy Sammy Douglas enjoys getting up in front of American audiences visiting Belfast and telling them, in somber tones, that he is here to ...
April 06, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Upcoming on Long Island
On Thursday of next week, April 11, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tom Phelan and other Freeport authors will read from their works at Freeport Memorial Libr...
April 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Healy was a 'pioneer' artist
Stained glass artist Michael Healy had “three transformative strokes of good fortune in his life,” according to his biographer David Caron. But bef...
April 02, 2024
by Peter McDermott
McElwain's beautiful book is outgrowth of 2014 album
Lots to congratulate folks for this week! We start with the friends and family of the great musician and scholar Mick Moloney, who last week was aw...
April 01, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Salon celebrates McCourt's legacy
Tuesday’s IAWA salon began with a big hurt. Malachy McCourt, IAWA co-founder, raconteur, author, and singer of all things Irish, had passed away th...
March 29, 2024
by Bernadette Cullen.
Friendship inspires a musical
Imagine you go into the attic to look for something in a box. Then you find a picture of somebody, which in turns reminds you of somebody else or s...
March 27, 2024
by Peter McDermott
He can't go home again
With a longing look back in the early morning rain, the Irish Repertory Theatre’s revival of “Philadelphia, Here I Come!” waves one more heavy-hear...
March 26, 2024
by Kevin Phoenix
Tome throws spotlight on band competition's history
Folks, have you heard? Registration for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Fleadh is open! Yes, open! The area’s only Fleadh Cheoi...
March 25, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Springtime Sweets
While desserts are a year-round affair, there’s something special about springtime sweets surrounded by flowers, Easter eggs, and first-of-the-seas...
March 22, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson