Culture

The literary world has been marking the centenary of Mary Flannery O’Connor, who was born in Savannah, Ga., on March 25, 1925, and died in Milledge...

In honor of the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, the Celtic Junction Arts Center is presenting an event series exploring the legacy of F. Sco...

San Francisco, Calif. -- During its 50th Anniversary year, the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco is hosting an extraordinary evening of...

In 2017, I wrote about Tony MacMahon’s “Farewell to Music” here , the landmark – and final – recording from one of traditional music’s greatest mus...

Jack O’Connell worked many stints as a barman during his life, and he played one several times on TV and in the movies. But O’Connell, who died at ...

My daughter asks me “How big is a leprechaun?” I do know the answer, having seen a few of them in their regalia, in the fields of ashen rye and all...

In his 2023 novel, “My Father’s House,” Joseph O’Connor brought two Irish wartime heroes back to life. One of them, Hugh O’Flaherty, a monsignor or...

New York City, 2000 — It could be said that Phineus Tierney was a sinner. That could be said. It could also be said that Phineus Tierney, in the th...

Robert Polner (pictured below) and Michael Tubridy will speak about “An Irish Passion for Justice” on this Friday, Mar. 28, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m, at the...

Jane Austen event at 92nd Street Y.

Making their U.S. debut at New York City’s Joyce Public House on Saturday, March 29, are the Collectors, a new group visiting from Ireland that fea...

As speculation of a U-turn by the American Irish Historical Society on its shock move to oust executive director Dr. Elizabeth Stack continues to m...