Culture
Best’s heading west to Galway
Lisa Hannigan will be a hugely popular attraction in Galway. RICH GILLIGAN By Colleen Taylor Summer in Ireland means festival season, but in my boo...
June 27, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
MacMahon’s ‘Farewell’ has majesty
By Daniel Neely In his liner notes to “Farewell to Music,” Tony MacMahon’s most recent and likely final album, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh suggests that...
June 26, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Salad Days: Cream on the Crop
VICTOR FISCHER | DREAMTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Once upon a time in Ireland — at least at the time I made my first trip in ...
June 23, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Edisons are case of opposites attract
“Little Bohemia” by Fran King and Pete Fagan, aka Edisons, is a seasoned, rehearsed and mature piece of work. By Colleen Taylor I’m a sucker for so...
June 22, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Image makeover for McDonogh
Jackie Uí Chionna. By Peter McDermott Galway businessman and politician Máirtín Mór McDonogh got the “Citizen Kane” treatment a full 12 years befor...
June 21, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Hill’s latest is ‘live’ blockbuster
Just where in New York Noel Hill's CD was recorded is the $64 question. By Daniel Neely Noel Hill is one of the true modern legends in Irish music....
June 20, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
McGuigan’s dedication is infectious
For songwriter Niall McGuigan, “Awareness” is an emotional and cultural “map.” By Colleen Taylor It is a truth universally acknowledged that music ...
June 19, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Aran play inspired by Synge diary
Inis Lar, Aran Islands. PHOTO BY JOE O'BYRNE By Orla O’Sullivan Joe O’Byrne was raised in Balbriggan, a coastal village north of Dublin City, but a...
June 16, 2017
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Saying goodbye
Tom Phelan on a recent visit to his hometown of Mountmellick, Co. Laois. PHOTO: PATRICIA PHELAN A Father's Day remembrance by Tom Phelan On a summe...
June 15, 2017
by Tom Phelan
Culture
Famous pols spar in confined space
Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall in a scene from “The Journey.” IFC FILMS By Michael Gray The peace process in Northern Ireland is now two decades old...
June 14, 2017
by Michael Gray
Culture
City as a layered, complex place
Dr. Ellen Rowley. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In this week of Bloomsday, one can detect Joycean undertones in scholar Ellen Rowley’s st...
June 13, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
National Strawberry Shortcake Day: Let’s Celebrate!
GREGORY21 | DREAMSMTIME.COM IRELAND HOPPING / By Margaret M. Johnson In additional to celebrating “Flag Day” today, it’s also “National Strawberry ...
June 09, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson