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Maura Mulligan who was honored yesterday at Borough Hall in Brooklyn. Salon Diary / By Gordon Gilbert For the second time, the IAW&A salon convened...

Gerald Dawe. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Talking and writing about music is a delightful paradox of an exercise. Naturally, people love to disc...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When historian Breandán Mac Suibhne was born in Dungloe, his father went to a neighbor, Denis Gallagher, to...

By Daniel Neely Last March, the brilliant traditional singer Karan Casey was the guest on Shannon Heaton’s “Irish Music Stories” podcast (shannonhe...

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's recent CD is “Foxglove & Fuschia.” Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely I begin with sad news of the passing of the great u...

Joan Walsh. The Irish Stand will reconvene on this Friday evening at Manhattan’s Riverside Church, with Joan Walsh, CNN political analyst and natio...

Hayley Mills and Gina Costigan in “Party Face.” PHOTO BY JEREMY DANIEL By Orla O’Sullivan As a woman awaits her party guests her mother repeatedly ...

PHOTO BY MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson In late 1759, Kildare-born Arthur Guinness decided to "try his luck in Dublin...

Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Meaning “to twist” or “change direction,” “Cas” is the evocative title of traditional supergroup Lúnasa’s brand...

The Lost Brothers will play the Irish Arts Center on next Monday. PHOTO BY DES MCMAHON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Ten years ago, two rock star...

Joe Hurley on stage with Alphie McCourt and others. Joe Hurley will mark the 20th anniversary of his Irish Rock Revue at the City Winery on this Sa...

Mark Bailey. PHOTO BY JOSEPH MCDOUGALL Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Mark Bailey once read an essay that “quickly beat down a path down t...