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
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
Engaging debut remains essential
In the media yoke this week is “Vol. 1: Catchin’ the Tune” by The Irish Tradition. The trio, which included Billy McComiskey (button accordion and ...
October 14, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
REVIEW: Pump it up - fists in the air for Seanchai second coming
Unrepentant Fenian Bastard – I first heard the refrain blaring from a small transistor radio on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Armagh. It was the ...
October 14, 2025
by Michael Patrick MacDonald
On using (and not abusing) history
A President from the great state of New York serving one of his two nonconsecutive terms in the White House. A precocious political talent running ...
October 10, 2025
by Stephen Butler
A nation mourns its heroes
On an autumn Monday evening in 1978, the Zambian soccer national team were awed by a display of technical brilliance from one of the greatest legen...
October 08, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Culture
BOOKS: Riveting read sheds new light on Philly's IRA supporters who shipped weapons to frontlines
The story of Irish America’s role in the Troubles is too often told from the perspective of New York or Boston. The Next One Is for You, by Ali Wat...
October 08, 2025
by Jack McCarthy
Unreliable narrators seek truth
In 1979, at the time when Northern Ireland was under siege by a civil atrocity we know as the Troubles, a song was playing on the radio by an Engli...
October 08, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
Compilation showcases 6 women who elevate piping tradition
This week I’ve got a report on a few bits coming out of Dublin’s biggest archival institutions in Na Píobiarí Uilleann and the Irish Traditional Mu...
October 06, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Day-Lewis, son Ronan impress with 'Anemone'
After an eight-year acting hiatus, Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the screen to star in his son Ronan Day-Lewis’s directorial debut “Anemone,” a herme...
October 06, 2025
by Joseph Pelan
Best 100 Hotels in Ireland Revealed in Annual List
If you’re planning a visit to Ireland any time soon, you’d be well-served to check out Pól Ó Conghaile’s recently revealed list of “the 100 best ho...
October 03, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
300 songs plus on calendar
Sad news to begin with this week with the announcement that Bridget Flynn, of Flynn Irish Dance in Yonkers, has died. Flynn was a pillar of New Yor...
October 02, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Pacifist tried to kill Il Duce
Begley, O'Connor's album daringly challenges boundaries
A passion for history
Engaging debut remains essential
On using (and not abusing) history
A nation mourns its heroes
Unreliable narrators seek truth
Compilation showcases 6 women who elevate piping tradition
Day-Lewis, son Ronan impress with 'Anemone'
Best 100 Hotels in Ireland Revealed in Annual List
300 songs plus on calendar
