Culture
Merry Christmas Morning
From my kitchen to yours, Nollaig shona duit! TOURISM IRELAND Ireland Hopping/ By Margaret M. Johnson All the preparations for Christmas Eve and Ch...
December 18, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Clare folks will be moved by track
Martin Mulhaire. By Daniel Neely Hey, who’s heading out to Irish Arts Center’s annual Christmas Show at Symphony Space tonight? I’m going to be the...
December 15, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
‘Birdman Cometh’
By Irish Echo Staff Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 15, marks the 68th anniversary of the opening of Birdland, AKA Jazz Corner of The World, named for Charl...
December 14, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘You go to things, you see things’
The late Maurice “Mickey” Carroll. Maurice Carroll got his first experience working in newspapers in the summer of 1945 when he was 14 and retired ...
December 14, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Poor Mouth panto
Aoife Williamson as Trumpelstiltskin. PHOTO BY LIZ GUARRACINO The Poor Mouth Theatre presents “Trumpelstiltskin – A Holiday Pantomime” for four per...
December 13, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
A live encounter with Scrooge
Elmore James as Scrooge. PHOTOS BY LOU MONTESANO By Orla O’Sullivan Readers have only a few days left to re-enact a Christmas tradition observed by...
December 12, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Locals show formidable talent
The full crew posing at the Centro Cultural Africano Fernando Ortiz. Part 2 Of all the musical experiences on my recent trip to Cuba with Mick Molo...
December 11, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
A routine December morning newsroom shift until….
John Lennon shortly before his death. Photo from Wikipedia. By Ray O’Hanlon It was still dark outside when I walked into the brightly lit newsroom....
December 08, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
Culture
For Ricky O’Rawe, an emotional journey leads to a promised book
O’Rawe’s book is the fulfillment of his promise to Gerard Conlon By Ciara Quinn “I have a quare story in me O’Rawe and I want you to write it,” rec...
December 07, 2017
by Ciara Quinn
Culture
Rusby delights again at Christmas
Kate Rusby Music Notes/By Colleen Taylor In my book, Kate Rusby is the only artist who can get away with re-releasing past hits – in part, because ...
December 06, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Extracts from ‘John Hume in America’
John Hume is a pivotal figure in modern Irish history. As leader of the SDLP he carried the banner for constitutional Irish nationalism during the ...
December 05, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Belfast the winner as U.S. colleges do battle
La Salle Explorers' fans Kevin Davis - a recipient of the Irish Echo The Black and the Green Award in 2007 - and cousins Jeanie and Meg Dougherty f...
December 04, 2017
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir