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Tiny plays to explore 1916, JFK
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Tiny plays to explore 1916, JFK
Deirdre Kinahan. PHOTO: BARRY CRONIN By Orla O’Sullivan A host of original dramas — most of them less than four minutes long — are among the ways t...
Young boy's struggle to belong
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Young boy's struggle to belong
David McLoghlin. CAT DWYER/CATSEYEPIX.COM Salon Diary / By Karen Daly The late November IAW&A Salon brought gifted actors, comic and serious, great...
Clare duo honor O’Donoghue
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Clare duo honor O’Donoghue
By Daniel Neely A little while back I received Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry’s new CD “The Shores of Lough Breda.” Packaged with a beautifully illu...
Recalling disappointed love
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Recalling disappointed love
The Mariannes' EP's title track was selected as best song at the Clancy Brothers Festival. By Colleen Taylor What do W.B. Yeats and a young indie b...
Remains of the Day:  Tips for Leftovers
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Remains of the Day: Tips for Leftovers
Recipes/ By Margaret M. Johnson I’ve heard it so many times — you probably have as well: the best part of the Thanksgiving meal is the leftovers, e...
O’Neill for Irish Arts Center
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O’Neill for Irish Arts Center
Joseph O'Neill. By Irish Echo Staff Award-winning novelist Joseph O’Neill returns to the Irish Arts Center to read from his latest novel “The Dog” ...
‘Fresh, engaging, provocative’
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‘Fresh, engaging, provocative’
Elaine Feeney. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The actress Fionnula Flanagan has described one of Elaine Feeney’s poems as a “brilliant, sl...
Higgins takes New York
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Higgins takes New York
Maeve Higgins on stage at the Irish Arts Center. By Sean Devlin I was pretty nervous walking into the Irish Arts Center Tuesday night. I had spent ...
Begley fans have reason to rejoice
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Begley fans have reason to rejoice
By Daniel Neely A couple summers ago I was visiting Kerry and spent some time near Dingle where I was fortunate to catch Seamus Begley with Donogh ...
Basciville’s Byrnes have ear for blues
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Basciville’s Byrnes have ear for blues
By Colleen Taylor Superstar musician Hozier has been giving the Irish a reputation for heart and soul worldwide. His top-of-the-charts global hit “...
Pieta launched in the Bronx
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Pieta launched in the Bronx
By Aaron Vallely Pieta House, Ireland's leading non-profit organization that prevents suicide and self-harm with its free therapy service, had its ...
Brady at ease in new genre
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Brady at ease in new genre
Orla Brady. By Karen Butler Irish actress Orla Brady says she is thrilled to star in the new futuristic, martial-arts drama “Into the Badlands” bec...

 



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