Culture

If you’re planning a visit to Ireland any time soon, you’d be well-served to check out Pól Ó Conghaile’s recently revealed list of “the 100 best ho...

Sad news to begin with this week with the announcement that Bridget Flynn, of Flynn Irish Dance in Yonkers, has died. Flynn was a pillar of New Yor...

“God help us, if the United States stopped existing, because everything stops existing eventually, my church would not. But what frightens me about...

A special Irish American Writers & Artists youth/student salon convened on Sept.19 at Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St., featuring the awarding of th...

It was the summer of 1952 when the Man himself—Éamon de Valera, the taoiseach — arrived by train in my hometown of Ballina, Co Mayo, to give his su...

An Irish priest discovered recently that over 40 years ago he’d become a likely target for assassination. Inspired by liberation theology and also ...

.After an August break, it was great to be back at Slainte Oakland and to be welcomed by our favorite server Shante and Ed, the co-owner. They even...

In the media yoke this week is “Two For Joy” by fiddle player Sheila Garry and harpist Elaine Hogan. A follow up to their utterly gorgeous album “S...

The staff of the Old Stand in Dublin recognized the two Americans who walked into the bar one afternoon in July 1972. One visitor had been a regula...

As the halfway point to St. Patrick’s is marked today, Craic Fest continues its cultural celebrations this week to mark the occasion. A one-day eve...

Eurotoque chef Alix Gardiner set up her first practical cookery school in Ireland more than 30 years ago, and she’s taught more than 5000 students ...

This week I’m off the sounds and into the pages! Coming off the book stack this installment is “Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán” by Fi...