Salon kicks off 2023 at Elllington
Gordon Gilbert, poet, playwright and frequent host of the salons, launched the first of 2023 at the Ellington restaurant, corner of 105th & Broadwa...
February 02, 2023
by Maureen Hossbacher
Connors to launch CraicFest 25
John Connors will approach his role as MC of the Craic Concert in the spirit of the festival it launches on Friday, Feb. 24. “I’ll improvise and ha...
February 01, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Need, greed in nation's gold rush
In fair weather times, the American is picturesque: honest, hardworking and merited; we love thy neighbor, united we stand. Yet when days become di...
January 31, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Féile Oriel is set to return in 2023
Founded in 1969, the Féile Oriel was Ireland’s first latter-day fiddle competition. Each year it named a fiddler of outstanding merit “Fiddler of O...
January 30, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Catalog reveals Begley's genius
Folks, with the news of Seamus Begley’s recent death I took time this past week to go back through his catalog and listen to some of his older work...
January 27, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Bring on the Winter Warmers
It snowed in parts of Ireland last week, closing schools and causing havoc on roadways, especially in the west of the country. Weather like this is...
January 25, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Montrous fun on stormy evening
As the Origin’s 1st Irish Festival draws near to another end, the thrilling spectacle of this year’s chilling season has been the sight of live the...
January 24, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Mourning treasures early in 2023
The year 2023 has been a real challenge for traditional music thus far. Only two weeks into this new year we’ve seen several noteworthy deaths that...
January 23, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Life, marriage at the crossroads
At the halfway stage of the 2023 1st Irish Festival, Fishamble Theatre Company returns from on high to present the U.S. premiere of Eugene O’Brien’...
January 20, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
An urban poet on a rural island
“The Smuggler,” which comes from the pen of a playwright from Galway and is performed by a Cork-born actor in the vernacular of Dublin, “is very mu...
January 19, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Love on the brink of war
It's August 1939. Europe’s boiling up to war. But Ireland’s having none of it. That’s a starting point for Honor Molloy’s new play “Dublin Noir,” w...
January 18, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Writing our family stories
Genealogy can be a fascinating and rewarding hobby for people of all ages. However, getting family and friends interested in our research can often...
January 17, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff