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By Daniel Neely Shane Meehan is a fiddle player from Carrick-on-Shannon Co. Leitrim (now living in Cork) who recently released his solo debut “’twi...

Cillian O’Sullivan plays James and Victoria Meade is Ruby in “Misty Button.” By Mike Houlihan What are the odds of a 35 to 1 shot winning a race? “...

Croke Park awaits the Dublin and Kerry teams. Inpho photo. By Gerry O’Shea The All-Ireland football finals in 1955 and 1975 are remembered with gre...

Tara O'Grady and Dink Bruce in front of his 1949 Chevy pickup truck. By Tara O'Grady Ernest Hemingway came to me in a dream recently. He was wearin...

Mary Goggin. PHOTOS BY CHRIS BOOTH Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Walking into the Cell on sultry late summer day, we might not have predicted that th...

Cherish the Ladies leading the way at the fleadh. By Colleen Taylor The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2019 concluded on Sunday, Aug. 18, with some beau...

Mary Goggin will perform in “Runaway Princess” in New York on Saturday afternoon. PHOTO CREDIT: JEFF MOSIER By Irish Echo Staff Mary Goggin's autob...

Honor Molloy. PHOTOS BY CHRIS BOOTH Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The early August IAW&A Salon mixed presenters whom we don’t see often enough -- Sea...

Goleen on the way to Mizen Head. PHOTOS BY MARGARET M. JOHNSON IRELAND HOPPING | Margaret M. Johnson. Part II I recently spent a few days in Bantry...

President Higgins admires the gold Torc on the head of composer Roger Doyle at Friday’s ceremony. By Irish Echo Staff President of Ireland Michael ...

Doireann Glackin, left, and Sarah Flynn. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely I love albums that combine high level playing with eye catching resear...

Pearl River, N.Y., resident Mary Beth Keane has written a “beautiful novel, bursting at the seams with empathy,” according to one reviewer. PHOTO B...