Culture

You’ve barely cleared the table of the leftovers from last week’s Thanksgiving meal, and it’s already time to start thinking about preparations for...

Between plummeting temperatures and 4 p.m. sunsets, winter in New York is not for the thin-skinned. Take it from an Irishman -- who moved here unde...

Are we ready for the holiday season, folks? Because from here on out it’s the time you’ll have sounds to hear and choose from, and you might just f...

[Portrait of Richard painted by Barthel ii in the 1520s, after a lost original, for the Paston family. Owned by the Society of Antiquaries, London,...

[Top: “Above all! Let’s not talk about the Dreyfus Affair!” Bottom: “They talked about it…” Lorraine Beitler Collection of the Dreyfus Affair. Univ...

Last weekend I was down at the Baltimore Irish Tenor Banjo Summit doing a little speaking thing on the Flanagan Brothers, a family of traditional m...

There’s the turkey, of course, but oh those sides! Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, stuffing — the list goes on and on for family...

Dad’s friend Derek was a keen gardener. He only had a small patch to grow on, like all of us on the estate. My dad had planted potatoes and strawbe...

“We like to make memories here,” Artistic Director Maire Logue said as we crossed the street from St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre in Listowel to...

I never cease to be amazed every time I walk into the American Irish Historical Society, whose elegant home located at 991 Fifth Avenue, just acros...

“We all tend to see our participation as the train’s first stop.” So says James F. Olwell in “The Art of Being Irish in Hell’s Kitchen.” The Bronx-...

Pic of Day: The New York Irish Center held its 20th Anniversary Benefit last Saturday. Actor John Duddy is pictured, left, with comedian Colin Quin...