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Irish Readers Pick Favorite Breakfasts
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Irish Readers Pick Favorite Breakfasts
Neven Maguire. Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson For three years, Neven Maguire has been one of the most cited names in the Irish Independen...
‘Sunshine’ is a must for trad lovers
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‘Sunshine’ is a must for trad lovers
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Oldtime Records is known for its meticulous, high-quality reissues of traditional Irish music from the interwar...
Film goes ‘Down Claiborne’ in N.O.
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Film goes ‘Down Claiborne’ in N.O.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave., New York, NY, will screen for three consecutive nights, Feb. 1-3, at 7:30 p.m., Dublin-born filmmaker Moir...
Recalling a man of letters
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Recalling a man of letters
Joseph Goodrich signing a copy of “People in a Magazine” for fellow IAW&A member Maureen Hossbacher at the book’s launch. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT ...
Scones: Sweet, Savory, Delicious
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Scones: Sweet, Savory, Delicious
Blueberry Scones. NICOLE FRANTZ/DREAMTIME Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Believed to have originated in Scotland in the early 1500s, scones were ...
Writers should ‘save it for the page’
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Writers should ‘save it for the page’
Daniel James McCabe. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The just published “The Writing Irish of New York” is a collection of autobiographical...
Dublin’s TradFest showcases finest musicians and venues
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Dublin’s TradFest showcases finest musicians and venues
Kieran Hanrahan on one of his album covers By Michael Quinlin One of Ireland’s great winter events for music lovers is the Temple Bar TradFest in t...
Dwelling Place’s warm welcome
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Dwelling Place’s warm welcome
Some of the group from Nollaig na mBan NY that visited the Dwelling Place of New York. PHOTOS BY MARGARET MCCARTHY By Karen Daly The last event of ...
Dublin’s TradFest showcases finest musicians and venues
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Dublin’s TradFest showcases finest musicians and venues
Kieran Hanrahan on one of his album covers By Michael Quinlin One of Ireland’s great winter events for music lovers is the Temple Bar TradFest in t...
Grennan CD is polished collection
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Grennan CD is polished collection
By Daniel Neely A couple of things to look at this week that approach traditional music in noteworthy and contrasting ways. First up is Katie Grenn...
Comedy theater production finds humor in death
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Comedy theater production finds humor in death
Brand new one act show "The Maid" humanizes the absurd reactions one family has as they cope with their grief on the night their loved one chooses ...
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: Echoes from the Well
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Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: Echoes from the Well
The author, right, with the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. By Mel Mercier I met Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin for the first time in the mid-1970s, at the RT...

 



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