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Merry Christmas Morning
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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...
Clare folks will be moved by track
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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...
‘Birdman Cometh’
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‘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...
‘You go to things, you see things’
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‘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 ...
Poor Mouth panto
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Poor Mouth panto
Aoife Williamson as Trumpelstiltskin. PHOTO BY LIZ GUARRACINO The Poor Mouth Theatre presents “Trumpelstiltskin – A Holiday Pantomime” for four per...
A live encounter with Scrooge
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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...
Locals show formidable talent
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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...
A routine December morning newsroom shift until….
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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....
For Ricky O’Rawe, an emotional journey leads to a promised book
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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...
Rusby delights again at Christmas
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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 ...
Extracts from ‘John Hume in America’
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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 ...
Belfast the winner as U.S. colleges do battle
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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...

 



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