Culture

True to the Irish tradition of happy wakes, the Irish American Writers & Artists Salon on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Ellington restaurant on 105th & ...

Not sure how many readers saw it, but last week a video circulated on social media of actor Brendan Gleeson’s appearance on the “Late Late Show” pr...

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner; and you know what that means! It’s time to pull out all your most treasured Irish recipes to serve up...

Kathy Buckley was born in Listowel in 1885 and died there in 1979, but had an exciting life far away in America. Local historian, Vincent Carmody, ...

Why did the Irish emigrate in such vast numbers? What was their experience when they arrived in America? How did emigration change over the years? ...

It was the most unlikely of venues for one of the biggest prizefights in Irish history, Steve Collins remembers. “A very unusual venue,” the legend...

“It’s like going over to your aunt’s house.” That’s the effect the owners and staff at Browne’s Irish Marketplace at 3300 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas...

Last Friday I was over at the Irish Arts Center to see dance star Jean Butler’s marvelous new show “What We Hold.” An extension of an oral history ...

An experimental short documentary by Sligo filmmaker Vincent Monahan, chosen to be shown at the 25th Chicago Irish Film Festival has just been nomi...

Longtime labor activist and teacher George Altomare, who died on Aug. 20, 2023, at age 92, will be remembered by the UFT Irish Committee at its ann...

A unique film on the life of an Irish woman revolutionary will make its premiere at the CraicFest on Friday, March 8, at 7 30 p.m., at the Village ...

“I thought he was a gangster when I first met him. It was back in the ’80s one night at Lino’s on Ontario Street after a long night of drinking. To...