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Inspired by tradition on 34th Street
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Inspired by tradition on 34th Street
A view of the interior of the Long Hall on East 34th Street in Manhattan. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott The Long Hall is a name to r...
Woodside pubs thrive in diversity
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Woodside pubs thrive in diversity
Sean Og Tavern, 60-02 Woodside Ave. PHOTOS BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Bianca Giacobone A stout man with a grey moustache scoops up meat and potatoes fro...
#IAmIrish to open at NYIC
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#IAmIrish to open at NYIC
Lorraine Maher. PHOTO BY TRACEY ANDERSON The New York Irish Center is celebrating racial diversity among the Irish diaspora with the launch of its ...
Burke’s live ‘evening’ is majestic
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Burke’s live ‘evening’ is majestic
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Back in 2012, I wrote about a series of solo performances Kevin Burke had been doing called “The Naked Fiddle.”...
Claire ‘more content’ in S4: Balfe
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Claire ‘more content’ in S4: Balfe
Caitriona Balfe on the set of "Outlander." Season 4 began last night. PHOTO COURTESY OF STARZ By Karen Butler Irish actress Caitriona Balfe says Cl...
The explosion that rocked Jersey City
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The explosion that rocked Jersey City
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One hundred years ago, the terrorists who struck in the United States tended to be either Italian or German...
Views into past on Lexington
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Views into past on Lexington
By Peter McDermott Most enthusiasts of photography take their time moving around the streets of New York, camera in hand. Not Michael Di Cerbo — mo...
Immigrants celebrated at Salon
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Immigrants celebrated at Salon
Carmel McMahon. PHOTOS BY KATHLEEN WALSH D’ARCY Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Thanks to Charlotte Moore and Ciaran O’Reilly and their associates at t...
The long view
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The long view
John Horgan has been a working journalist, senator, TD, MEP, university professor and author. In 2007, he was appointed Ireland’s first press ombud...
Big events for Madden, Cassidy
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Big events for Madden, Cassidy
Joanie Madden, pictured front left with Cherish the Ladies, will receive the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award on Monday, Nov. 12. Traditio...
Never Too Early To Start a Christmas Cake
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Never Too Early To Start a Christmas Cake
PHOTO BY MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson The ancient Celtic harvest feast called Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) marks th...
A gift motivated by guilt
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A gift motivated by guilt
Writer Anne Higgins Petz has followed up her 2012 “Irish Crosswords: Puzzles that Bring You a Taste of the Emerald Isle” (she’s been a crossword se...

 



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