An indispensable Fleadh history
Making their U.S. debut at New York City’s Joyce Public House on Saturday, March 29, are the Collectors, a new group visiting from Ireland that fea...
March 25, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
LISTEN: Stew Serves up Second Helping of Stack
As speculation of a U-turn by the American Irish Historical Society on its shock move to oust executive director Dr. Elizabeth Stack continues to m...
March 24, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Cathedral at center of Irish story
There are few buildings in New York City that have witnessed more Irish American history than Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Mulberry Street north ...
March 21, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Celebrating Mums in Ireland
Mother’s Day has been celebrated in Ireland on the fourth Sunday in Lent (March 30 this year) since 1924 when it was introduced by the Irish Women’...
March 21, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Mysticism is under-examined
In the planning of a move from his long-time Paris apartment during the winter of 1938-39, James Joyce radically downsized his personal library. “I...
March 19, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Minnesota Irish bid fond farewell to Irish dance legend Séamus O'Sé
The Irish of Minnesota are in mourning this week for Séamus (Jimmy) O'Sé, a beloved figure whose impact on the world of Irish dance will resonate f...
March 19, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Bond that creates brilliant music
I've got a real treat in the media yoke for readers this week. “Dan Gurney & Christina Dolphin,” the new album of traditional music performed on fl...
March 18, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Farmer refused to be fenced
“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote Robert Frost. What he didn’t say was that porous fences can lead to murder. In Ireland, farmers’ land is n...
March 14, 2025
by Tom Phelan
From despised to acclaimed
“As the twenty-first century opened, Irish was everywhere all at once—on television, the internet, stages, screens, and bestseller lists,” Marion R...
March 14, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Ó Riada revolutionized Irish music
Though Seán Ó Riada almost singlehandedly changed the course of Irish traditional music, few people today fully appreciate his massive legacy. The ...
March 13, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
The buck doesn't stop anymore
Harry S. Truman was famously from Independence, Mo. He lived much of his life there, and it’s where the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Muse...
March 12, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Glucksman Ireland House at NYU holds 13th annual gala dinner
Glucksman Ireland House at NYU held its 13th annual dinner gala on Tuesday, March 4, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Columbus Circle in Manhattan...
March 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff