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The festival formerly known as Irish Film New York has been rebranded this year as Irish Screen America. This new organization will make in impact ...

By Daniel Neely In his liner notes to the 1979 solo album “Father Charlie,” Mick Moloney wrote “There are many fine traditional Irish musicians in ...

[caption id="attachment_80227" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cavan’s Aine Cahill projects a vocal range and savvy well beyond her 20 years.[/capti...

[caption id="attachment_80201" align="alignnone" width="236"] Doug DuBois, "Eirn, on the Eve of her 18th Birthday, Cobh, Ireland," 2009. © Doug DuB...

[caption id="attachment_80189" align="alignnone" width="200"] Genevieve Hulme-Beaman in “Pondling.”[/caption] By Orla O’Sullivan “Pondling” is a ma...

[caption id="attachment_80161" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Antóin Mac Gabhann[/caption] By Daniel Neely Some years ago, I was in East Durham, ...

[caption id="attachment_80148" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Eleanor McEvoy[/caption] By Colleen Taylor Eleanor McEvoy is a name that needs no i...

[caption id="attachment_80141" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pat Shortt[/caption] By Orla O’Sullivan Pat Shortt had the audience eating out of h...

[caption id="attachment_80133" align="aligncenter" width="186"] Mary Pat Kelly is among the writers lined up for the Hudson Valley Irish Festival.[...

Fiona Walsh will be performing this week at the 2015 1st Irish Festival and during the Irish Arts Center’s fall season. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMOTT By P...

By Daniel Neely If it seems like Irish music dominates the traditional Celtic scene in New York, it’s because it does: here in New York City there ...

[caption id="attachment_80072" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sarah McQuaid plays exclusively in dadgad, a type of toning for the Celtic guitar.[/c...