Danú makes bold statement
For three decades, trad supergroup Danú has enchanted audiences across the globe with its vibrant and authentic sound. A dynamic blend of intricate...
March 11, 2025
by Daniel Neely
From Maynooth to Hollywood
“They’ve got one in Honolulu, they’ve got one in Moscow too. They’ve got four of them in Sydney, and a couple in Kathmandu.” Like the lyrics of the...
March 07, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Poems made in Deirdre's voice
Margaret McCarthy describes “In the Becoming” as a “full circle moment.” The volume subtitled “Poems on the Deirdre Story” can find its roots in he...
March 06, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Cider: The 'Other' Drink to Celebrate
We all love a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, a sip or two of ‘the water of life,” or a taste of Irish cream straight-up or on the rocks. Yo...
March 05, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Doc helped Keenan heal
David Keenan is no stranger to the music industry. Yet, after a series of albums, including his striking debut “A Beginner’s Guide to Bravery,” and...
March 04, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Busy time for favorite bands
We’re onto St. Patrick’s Day, folks, and you know what that means? Now is a great time to check out your favorite band (or your soon to be favorite...
March 04, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Féile Oriel to honor Flanagan
This week, I received a flurry of emails from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s Mid-Atlantic Region packed with exciting details about the 2025 Mid-Atl...
February 28, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Irish flourish at the New Yorker
Anne Enright made a shortlist of two. Back in the spring of 2016, the novelist was asked by the New Yorker’s fiction editor Deborah Treisman to sel...
February 27, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Not safe space hoped for
There are times when it befalls the critical spectator the unenviable task to make verdicts on an artist’s mastery; to defend or dissuade without a...
February 26, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
O'Bradaigh joins March 16 card
No stranger to the world’s most famous boxing arena, Sean O'Bradaigh returns to Madison Square Garden -- where he fought a few times as an amateur ...
February 26, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
Robinson zeros in on climate
Cormac Hargaden will tell you himself that it took a long time - “three or four or five years.” He was eventually successful, however. Former Irish...
February 25, 2025
by Cal Dillon
Glasgow boasts strong Irish roots
There are few places in the world outside of Ireland that are as Irish as Glasgow, Scotland. Half a million people of Irish descent live in and aro...
February 21, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb