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Stephen Mullen recently met up with his dad Frank’s friends from his student days in Chicago in the early 1970s, P.J. and Mary O’Dea, along with do...

Mick McAuley’s “Highs and Bellows” is a substantial album. By Daniel Neely In the player this week is musician, composer and songwriter Mick McAule...

Walking on Cars, a band out of Dingle, Co. Kerry, begins an American tour on May 18 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. By Colleen Taylo...

Dublin-born interior designer Claire McGovern began her American career in San Francisco, but is now mainly based in New York. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMO...

By Michael Gray John Carney, rising star of Irish cinema, scored a big success nine years ago with his directorial debut “Once”, a charming and unc...

A scene from the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company's production of Yeats's "On Baile's Strand." By Irish Echo Staff The Blue Raincoat Theatre Company i...

Gina Costigan and Honor Molloy. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly PHOTOS BY CAT DWYER /CATSEYEPIX.COM On April 19, 2016, we marked the 100th anniversary ...

A session at Pier A. By Daniel Neely As I’m sure everyone reading knows, Sunday the 24th was the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion, and her...

Ireland is raving about the latest album from the Young Folk. By Colleen Taylor Sometimes I visit the Irish Music Record Association’s top charts t...

Aedin Moloney (Morag), left, and Barrie Kreinik (Fiona) in “When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout.” PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan...

A scene from "Sing Street." By Karen Butler Filmmaker John Carney says shooting his 1980s-set movie “Sing Street” in modern-day Dublin made him rea...

By Daniel Neely The Catskills Irish Arts Week is one of the Irish America’s great teaching institutions, and this year CIAW will run July 10-16. It...