My working-class New York Irish ancestors shared a common goal
“A distance achieved, thanks to the mystery of time, must not change events, landscapes, human figures into a tangle of shadows growing paler and p...
October 26, 2023
by Charles Hale
Derry ghostlore brought to life
Derry’s ghostlore brought to life Brace yourself for a haunting journey into the supernatural as the spine-tingling “Parade of Phantoms Audiobook” ...
October 26, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Clancy, McGrath, Quinn combine their talents for 'Tell Her I Am'
I want to open this week by congratulating Donie Carroll for the successful concert he put on last Friday at the New York Irish Center that helped ...
October 23, 2023
by Daniel Neely
West Cork Wonderful! Part 1: Macroom Buffalo Farm
West Cork, the area stretching (west to east) from the Beara Peninsula to Kinsale, is filled to the brim with candy-colored villages, rugged landsc...
October 20, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Books discussed
Matthew Parkinson-Bennett, publisher of Little Island Books in Dublin, left, discussed books for children and young adults with three of his author...
October 19, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Reading of Molloy, Goodrich plays on Saturday, Oct. 28
The second floor of the Churchill, 45 East 28th St., in Manhattan, is the venue for an October Saturday afternoon reading of two plays — “Dublin No...
October 19, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Soccer was long considered 'too robust' for female athletes
Like in many other areas, including Belfast, where a few exhibition matches were played in 1895, 1921 and 1925, women’s soccer was slow to attract ...
October 18, 2023
by Conor Curran
A long run
Repeat business. That was the measure of success for Mary Burke, the long-time banquet manager of Rosie O’Grady’s, which closed for business on Jul...
October 18, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Brilliant, practical bodhrán book
Over the summer I ran into bodhrán player Anna Colliton, who in the course of a chat told me that she was putting together a bodhrán instruction bo...
October 15, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Changed Times
Dan Barry is waiting for that tap on the shoulder, even after 28 years at the New York Times. It would be from someone higher up, someone on the ma...
October 12, 2023
by Peter McDermott
IFHF to discuss the Irish Brigade and the Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is up for discussion at the next gathering of the Irish Family History Forum, and specifically the Irish Brigade’s partici...
October 11, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Trad loses Collins and O'Donovan
There has been entirely too much heartbreak recently in the world of traditional music and it just seems to keep coming. Just after writing about t...
October 10, 2023
by Daniel Neely