News
Inches From a Sporting Legend
My first landing in America was in California in the late winter of 1982. My second was in New York City in the summer of 1983. In Los Angeles, my ...
January 10, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
John Dearie for '24
John Dearie, who has set his extraordinary stamp on Irish history by virtue of his political actions in America, is the Irish Echo's Irish American...
January 03, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Reps Letter Urges Irish Interstate Case
A letter crafted by New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler is urging the Irish government to take the United Kingdom to court in the wake of B...
December 15, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
Culture
Christmas: A Gift Wrapped in an Irish Winter
Christmas in Ireland has always carried in it something of a contradiction. There is feasting and celebration aplenty but often the revelry is foll...
December 15, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Democrats Choose Suozzi for Special Election
To the surprise of few, Long Island Democrats have chosen former congressman Tom Suozzi to contest the special election in New York's 3rd congressi...
December 08, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Rosie O'Grady's Has a New Home
Rosie O'Grady's, the legendary Irish hostelry in Manhattan, has a new home. Owner Mike Carty was given the keys of the new home on Wednesday. And t...
December 06, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Kennedy Looking Like a Frontrunner
New York State Senator Tim Kennedy is running for Congress in New York's 26th district, where sitting congressman, Brian Higgins, has announced his...
December 05, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Sixty Years
The nation and much of the world will pause on Wednesday, November 22 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Ke...
November 22, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Twenty Year Anniversary
It's twenty years ago this week since a remarkable event took place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This was a gathering that saluted a group o...
November 03, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Chance To Honor And Appreciate
A community always likes to honor its own. Sometimes the honor is deserved for work close to home. Sometimes the honor is deserved for work that re...
November 02, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
James Lombard Dead at 88
James Lombard, a dedicated contributor to New York's Irish community in multiple ways and many levels over many years, has died at the age of 88. H...
October 26, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Death of Mary Boresz Pike
Mary Boresz Pike, an attorney who captured the attention of Irish America over her years long legal fight to prevent the deportation of Joe Doherty...
October 18, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
