Culture

A Night With George By Donna O'Connor & Brenda Murphy • 1st Irish Festival 2011 • Times Square Arts Center, NYC • Through October 2, 2011) The solo...

Cannon's Blackthorn, 49 North Village Ave. Rockville Centre, NY, will present popular Irish American singer Andy Cooney and his band on Thursday, S...

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Irish folk hero Finn McCool, or Fionn mac Cumhaill, may have acquired his gift of wisdom from a salmon, but smart cooks know they can always rely o...

[caption id="attachment_66738" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Joe Derrane (sitting front and center) with many of the performers from "A ...

The first voice I heard on the morning of September 11, 2001 was an Irish one - specifically, a Belfast one. After what would be the last truly nor...

[caption id="attachment_66613" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The shot seen 'round the world."][/caption] The supreme courage displayed b...

[caption id="attachment_66534" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Eoin Colfer."][/caption] Eoin Colfer's entry into the world of crime fictio...

[caption id="attachment_66531" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Dean and Elaine celebrate New Year 2011. "][/caption] I left New York at th...

[caption id="attachment_66527" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Aidan Redmond and Rosie Benton in a scene from Temporal Powers, written by ...

[caption id="attachment_66498" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Singer, guitarist, and composer Daithi Sproule."][/caption] My first exposu...

As always, it's great being in Ireland. Obviously the weather is brutal but that never gets to me -- it's to be expected! I am able to get lot of P...