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Fish-smoker Frank Hederman with a smokehouse in Belvelly, Cobh, Cork, at the Midleton Farmers' Market. By Margaret M. Johnson During my first visit...

Young Tom Phelan at home on the farm in the early 1950s. By Tom Phelan [This is the latest in the author’s series about growing up in Mountmellick,...

Actor Gabriel Byrne. ROLLINGNEWS.IE By Peter McDermott The Irish have famously long memories. So said writer and comedian Maeve Higgins when discus...

Jimmy Houlihan, left, and Pat Fenton beside a painting of Farrell’s Bar by Milica Katalinic. By Pat Fenton I remember last spring when I was coming...

Lúnasa provided another landmark event at Carnegie Hall on Friday night. By Daniel Neely It was an exciting weekend for Irish music in New York Cit...

Colin Morgan, left, and Ivanno Jeremiah in a scene from “Humans,” a sci-fi series in which some robots develop human consciousness. Morgan is being...

Natalie Clark’s latest release, “Skin on Me,” is stunning. She will be on the New York stage on March 11 as part of this year’s Craic Fest. By Coll...

Lorna Byrne is in the U.S. for events. By Orla O’Sullivan “I see angels physically as I see people, and I see them all the time,” writes Lorna Byrn...

By Daniel Neely Over the past few months I’ve written a couple of times about the legal and financial challenges Irish musicians who want to tour i...

Scenic West Cork. By Margaret M. Johnson One week from today, the Christian world begins its observation of Lent, and for those who observe it, Ash...

Charles Hale. By Peter McDermott “In a day’s walk, you wouldn’t meet a man more passionate about the arts than Charles Hale,” said County Offaly-bo...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In the 1970s and ’80s, news relating to Latin American politics was almost never good, and it was often sho...