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Actor Kevin McCarthy died of natural causes last weekend at the age of 96. His most famous film was the science fiction classic "Invasion of the Bo...

By Earle Hitchner If you read this "Ceol" column regularly, it's a safe bet that you are interested in Irish traditional music. I have been writing...

By Earle Hitchner Soft-spoken and unpretentious, composer and button accordionist Martin Mulhaire is a consummate gentleman who shuns the spotlight...

By Joseph Hurley "Long Story Short: A History of the World in 75 Minutes" Starring Colin Quinn, Directed by Jerry Seinfeld • at the 45 Bleecker Str...

By Earle Hitchner It's no exaggeration to say that the all-star concert celebration for Joe Derrane will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. This specia...

By Earle Hitchner DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN - "What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?" Elvis Costello (part-Irish real name: Declan ...

By Karen Butler Irish-American actor Dylan McDermott says what sets his series "Dark Blue" apart from other television cop dramas is the quality of...

BOOKS/Peter McDermott [A wartime photo of Free French leader General Charles de Gaulle. Library of Congress] Stieg Larsson, the late author of a tr...

By Earle Hitchner Confronting a stagnant economy and stifling weather, the 16th annual Catskills Irish Arts Week of July 11-17 emerged as an artist...

By Karen Butler letters@irishecho.com When his plans to make an Irish racecar picture crashed and burned a few years ago, Dublin writer-director La...

By Earle Hitchner "Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life." That warning comes from Bertolt Brecht's play "The Mother," and the l...

By Elaine Ní Bhraonáin The Irish Arts Center was one of the first places I visited when I moved to New York in early June 2003 and I knew straight ...