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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
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
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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Boston scribe in Belfast, Dublin to tell Rest of the Story
Boston author and activist Michael Patrick MacDonald returned to Belfast last week for the latest chapter in his 'The Rest of the Story' initiative...
November 03, 2025 by Anthony Neeson

East Side celebration East Side celebration
This residence in Manhattan’s Midtown East is all in for today’s Halloween celebration. [Photo by Peter McDermott]
October 31, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff
'The Ball': A story for Halloween 'The Ball': A story for Halloween
The ref walked over to the dugout. “Will you do the line?” he asked the man beside Johnny and Rick. “Go on, you will,” he continued, throwing the f...
October 31, 2025 by James Rogers
A clear, focused, resonant voice A clear, focused, resonant voice
In the media yoke this week I’ve got “The Old Wood Road,” the solo debut by singer Evelyn O’Connell. Named for her County Kerry home townland of Kn...
October 31, 2025 by Daniel Neely
The Ghosts of Trotsky and Mrs. Ryan The Ghosts of Trotsky and Mrs. Ryan
This summer I spent some time doing research for a history of Woodside, Queens that was just published in Volume 38 of New York Irish History, the ...
October 30, 2025 by Stephen Butler
AITA at AIHS AITA at AIHS
The 2025 Annual Conference of the American Irish Teachers Association will take place on this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Americ...
October 30, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff
Inviting the dead to supper Inviting the dead to supper
You may know of the connection between Halloween and Samhain (pronounced "SOW-en"), the 2,000-year-old Irish festival marking the end of the Fall h...
October 29, 2025 by Deborah Schull
Pacifist tried to kill Il Duce Pacifist tried to kill Il Duce
It seems like the entire American nation is focused on the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and whether it signals a return to the political vi...
October 23, 2025 by Geoffrey Cobb
Sugar & Spice, Everything Nice! Sugar & Spice, Everything Nice!
Some of the world’s most popular spices – nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, cardamon, and cloves among them – are often associated with comfort foods, fe...
October 22, 2025 by Margaret M. Johnson
Novelist Feeney for SHU talk Novelist Feeney for SHU talk
Elaine Feeney will read from and discuss her third novel “Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way” on next Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 3:30 p.m., at Loris Forum, Mart...
October 22, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff
Rea shines with Beckett in season Rea shines with Beckett in season
The beginning of our theatre’s season appears to be brimming with Beckett, from Broadway to the Bowery. I can’t imagine why. Maybe it’s the playful...
October 21, 2025 by Kevin Phoenix
Begley, O'Connor's album daringly challenges boundaries Begley, O'Connor's album daringly challenges boundaries
In the media yoke this week is “Into the Loam” by concertina player Cormac Begley and fiddle player Liam O’Connor. This one was really interesting....
October 21, 2025 by Daniel Neely
A passion for history A passion for history
Dr. Elizabeth Stack is reading, writing and researching. She’s teaching again, too, having been appointed as remote, part-time education director o...
October 17, 2025 by Peter McDermott



 



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