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Director picked ‘regal,’ ‘scary,’ ‘bad-ass’ Mara
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Director picked ‘regal,’ ‘scary,’ ‘bad-ass’ Mara
PHOTO: WARNER BROTHERS By Karen Butler British filmmaker Joe Wright has been taking a lot of heat for casting Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily in his Pete...
Hemingway, JFK links explored
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Hemingway, JFK links explored
Tina Santi Flaherty is the author "What Jackie Taught Us." By Orla O’Sullivan There was an affinity between Ernest Hemingway and President Kennedy ...
CD focuses on women’s history
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CD focuses on women’s history
Ellen O'Byrne DeWitt established Columbia Records' Irish catalog. By Daniel Neely Women in the early days of recorded Irish music is the focus of “...
Still there, after all these years
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Still there, after all these years
The author goes down memory lane at Weldon House. By Pat Fenton For 33 years, my father Andrew Fenton worked for Con Ed down on Hudson Avenue in th...
DJ Gallagher is national star
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DJ Gallagher is national star
Former “Ceol na Gael” host Kerri Gallagher, placed 3rd, and Shannon Rowbury was 2nd in the 1,500 meters at the USATF Championships and went on to r...
Bath is farmer’s war room
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Bath is farmer’s war room
Peter Maloney and Rufus Collins in a scene from “The Quare Land.” PHOTO: CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan A man walks into a bath… Well, not quite, ...
McManus is on winning streak
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McManus is on winning streak
Playwright John McManus, front, with the cast of "The Quare Land," Rufus Collins, left, and Peter Maloney. PHOTO MICHAEL GOTTLIEB By Orla O'Sulliva...
Debut will reward multiple listens
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Debut will reward multiple listens
Bríd Harper By Daniel Neely From Castlefinn, Co. Donegal (although now living near Dungannon, Co. Tyrone), Bríd Harper is one of the finest fiddler...
At home around seaside campfire
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At home around seaside campfire
Bangor’s Rend Collective have brought their sense of Irishness to the world’s biggest venues, MSG included. By Colleen Taylor Religious celebration...
Mary Deady to sing at Beechman Theatre
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Mary Deady to sing at Beechman Theatre
The cast of “Python”: (back row) David O'Hara, Paul Nugent, Laurence Lowry; (front) Mark Byrne, Conor McManus. By Irish Echo Staff Singer Mary Dead...
Dr. Jordan drawn to  ‘personality,’ ‘spark’
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Dr. Jordan drawn to ‘personality,’ ‘spark’
Dr. Julie Jordan is the founder and artistic director of New York Concerti Sinfonietti. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott pmcdermott@irishe...
Celebrating the first four years
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Celebrating the first four years
[caption id="attachment_80470" align="alignnone" width="182"] Deputy Consul General Anna McGillicuddy congratulated the Irish American Writers & Ar...

 



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