Culture
Wexford in fest spotlight
Ben Barnes, Billy Roche, Barbara Jones, John Banville and Elizabeth White, executive director of the Wexford Arts Center. PHOTO: ORLA O’SULLIVAN By...
October 03, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Marvelous Marmalade and Other Ulster Treats
PHOTO: MARGARET M. JOHNSON By Margaret M. Johnson With recipes handed down through generations, one of Northern Ireland’s food treasures lies in th...
September 30, 2016
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
The guys behind a 1st Irish favorite
Cameron McCauley in “Bears in Space,” which continues through the weekend at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan. PHOTO BY IDIL SUKAN By Orla O’Sullivan At...
September 29, 2016
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Casement’s road to Banna Strand
Fionnuala Doran. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The very design of the cover of Fionnuala Doran’s “The Trial of Roger Casement” helps expl...
September 28, 2016
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Getting ‘Hooked’ on Hayden
Cathal Hayden possesses a commanding technique. By Daniel Neely The other week I was handed a copy of Cathal Hayden’s brand new solo banjo album “H...
September 27, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Group returns to comic roots
Neil Hannon’s other musical claim to fame is his composition of theme music for “Father Ted.” By Colleen Taylor I’m a sucker for any Irish musician...
September 26, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
True love must find a way
Sonya Kelly gets tied up in the red tape of immigration regulations in "How to Keep an Alien." PHOTO CREDIT: GER HOLLAND By Orla O’Sullivan “Why wo...
September 23, 2016
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Space, but not as we know it
Aaron Heffernan, left, and playwright Eoghan Quinn in “Bears in Space.” By Orla O’Sullivan I could tell you what I saw last night at 59E59 Theaters...
September 22, 2016
by Orla O'Sullivan
Culture
Story of ‘misguided grief, unrequited love’
Playwright Derek Murphy, a New York City resident, is originally from Ballyfermot in Dublin. By Peter McDermott “It begins with a car accident,” De...
September 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Welcome Autumn with Apple Crisp or Crumble
Apple Cranberry Crumble. PHOTO: FLAHAVAN'S By Margaret M. Johnson Next Thursday, Sept. 22, marks the first official day of autumn, a date that’s so...
September 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Past won’t go quietly into the night
John Charles McLaughlin and Gina Costigan in “Crackskull Row.” PHOTO BY MICHAEL BONASIO By Frances Scanlon Oedipus, oh Oedipus where art Thou, oh O...
September 15, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Points of arrival
John Duddy will be one of the performers in "New York: A Shining Mosaic" at Pier A on Sept. 27. By Charles Hale Immigration to America peaked in th...
September 14, 2016
by Charles Hale