Culture

Nathan Gourley, Mairéad Hurley and John Blake’s CD together is “The Truckley Howl.” By Daniel Neely A couple of really lovely albums to write about...

Andy Murray and Obi Abili in "The Emperor Jones," which is showing at the Irish Rep through May 21. PHOTO: CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan “The Emp...

Angelina Carberry and Dan Brouder’s “Waltz for Joy” has made a special contribution to the long line of banjo/box combinations. By Daniel Neely The...

Aoife Williamson as Ophelia in “Looking For Ophelia” at this week's Puttin' on Her Shorts, an annual festival of plays produced by the Poor Mouth T...

From left, Jimmy Breslin, Pat Fenton and Pete Hamill met in Farrell’s Bar, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, last April when journalist and author Jonatha...

Kyle Alden. By Colleen Taylor “The West,” in all its mystery and ruggedness, is a strong fixture in both the American and Irish cultural imaginatio...

Track Dogs had two radio hits in Ireland in 2016. By Colleen Taylor “Groovy” is not a word I often use in this column, but that’s just the adjectiv...

ANNAPUSTYNNIKOVA | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson If we were in Ireland this week, we’d all be scurrying to find the perfect ...

A scene from this year’s “Celtic Appalachia” at the Irish Arts Center. PHOTO: IAIN TOFT By Daniel Neely For the last six years, “Celtic Appalachia”...

Participants in the Fordham University symposium on Feb. 28, 2016 that preceded the Waking the Feminists’ launch in the U.S. By Orla O’Sullivan As ...

Jimmy Breslin, left, pictured with Pete Hamill at the 2014 NYU Glucksman House Gala Dinner, at which Hamill was honored. JAMES HIGGINS / HIGGINSPHO...

Their father would look in on them after his workday ended. He’d ask the three children if they had said their night prayers. On one occasion, the ...