Culture
Great things ahead for fun, innovative group
TooFools are a Dublin duo with lots of backup. By Colleen Taylor I’ve been all folked up on the column recently, so I thought I’d mix it up this we...
July 17, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Altar boy days
Tom Phelan on a recent visit to his native Mountmellick, Co. Laois. PHOTO BY PATRICIA PHELAN By Tom Phelan Learning the responses for the Latin Mas...
July 13, 2017
by Tom Phelan
Culture
‘Powerful, graceful and honest’
Sally Rooney’s “Conversations with Friends” is published in the U.S. this week. PHOTO BY JONNY L. DAVIES Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “J...
July 12, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
McDonnell relishes WWII miniseries role
Captain Ronald Dreyfuss (Aaron Staton), Rose Coyne (Hattie Morahan) and Michael Coyne (Owen McDonnell) in the miniseries "My Mother and Other Stran...
July 11, 2017
by Karen Butler
Culture
Luxury Ireland in Laois
Ballyfin from the air. ANDREA JONES | GARDENEXPOSURES.CO.UK By Margaret Noonan While there seems to be a castle, crumbling ruin, or tower house aro...
July 10, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
‘Emerald City’ for Windy City
Colin Brokerick speaking during a panel discussion after the New York premiere screening of "Emerald City." Colin Broderick’s “Emerald City” will g...
July 07, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
New solo direction is great news
Lisa Loughrey says her writing for her solo work reflects a "bit more of my own musical personality and influences” than that for the Mariannes. By...
July 06, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Lughnasa – the Big Apple version
Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo. PHOTO BY ROLLING NEWS . IE By Maura Mulligan On Sunday, July 30, when crowds climb their way to the summit of Croagh Patr...
July 05, 2017
by Maura Mulligan
Culture
Stellar night of drama, surprises
Salon presenters included, from left, Leilani McInerney, Aiofe Williamson, Jenifer Margaret Kelly, Rosina Fernhoff, Gordon Gilbert, John Kearns, Sh...
July 03, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Shannon's 10th is most adventurous yet
Shannon Sharon is dedicated to environmental advocacy and protecting the planet, as shows with the dynamic boldness of “Sacred Earth.” By Colleen T...
June 30, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Fellows to turbocharge CIAW
National Heritage Fellow Mick Moloney. By Daniel Neely In the northeast, the Catskills Irish Arts Week is the year’s largest and most anticipated m...
June 29, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
What baseball means to me
An American Legion-sponsored team in 1920 in the author’s Closter, N.J., a town that has always taken its baseball seriously. The photo, courtesy o...
June 28, 2017
by Jim Rodgers