Manager Keane signs O'Dowda
Ferencváros have confirmed the signing of Republic of Ireland international Callum O’Dowda from Cardiff City. The 30-year-old left-sided midfielder...
July 11, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Irish surprises in Andalusia
We came to San Lucar de Barrameda in Andalusia, Spain, to visit a friend who had left New York to make this once-booming southern Spanish town her ...
July 11, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
'Are you going for a jar?'
The proprietor of O’Shaughnessy’s of Glin, Co. Limerick, aka the Ivy House, likely never said, “Have you no homes to go to?” He must’ve known that ...
July 10, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Mission Accomplished: Check-in at The Wilder
I recently spent a few days in Dublin on a mission to do as many things as possible that I never got to do on previous visits. Stroll around the “h...
July 09, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Carrick-on-Shannon duo have classic partnership
In the media yoke this week is “The Missing Guest,” the absolutely brilliant new album from flute player Mick Mulvey and fiddle player Shane Meehan...
July 08, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Musicians lift the 'June Gloom'
The fog had covered Jack London Square where Slainte Oakland is located. Many have the misconception of California as the proverbial ‘Sunshine Stat...
July 03, 2025
by Lori Cassels
Breen's solo statement delivers
In the media yoke this week is “Sooner or Later,” the most recent album from the brilliant fiddle player Tara Breen. A musician with an impeccable ...
July 03, 2025
by Daniel Neely
'The Smuggler' to make Irish debut
It has an Irish tour throughout July, but it kicks off with a performance in New York this week. We’re referring to “The Smuggler,” playwright Roná...
July 01, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
BBC's man awestruck by hurling
The All Ireland Hurling Final will take place on Sunday, July 27, with a 3:30 p.m. start at Croke Park in Dublin. But before that at the same venue...
June 26, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Tasting Tradition in Joyce's Dublin
I was in Dublin in few weeks ago, too early to celebrate Bloomsday, the annual event that commemorates June 16, 1904, the day immortalized in James...
June 25, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Collins's 'Weaving the Tune' is a must-have album
Tim Collins is not only a gentleman and a scholar, he’s also one of the finest concertina players in traditional music. And, he’s just out with a b...
June 20, 2025
by Daniel Neely
IAW&A's 'Queer House' salon
It is a sultry evening in New York. Hot. Humid. One of those evenings where you might just stay home in the air conditioning and watch bad TV inste...
June 18, 2025
by Kevin Holohan