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Festival lives up to expectations Festival lives up to expectations
On the weekend of Sept. 10-11, a brave and poetic contingent of the Irish American Writers & Artists ventured across the wild and mighty New York H...
4 Irish writers for 'Story Island' 4 Irish writers for 'Story Island'
Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop is hosting a literary brunch featuring four Irish writers on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is entitle...
Autumn Leaves & Loaves Autumn Leaves & Loaves
There’s something very special about autumn, the season that officially begins on September 22 in the northern hemisphere. By definition, the autum...
A little bit of Killarney in Northern California A little bit of Killarney in Northern California
An Irish visitor to Northern California’s grandiose Filoli mansion, nestled at the edge of the towering oak and redwood-forests in the coastal foot...
Blarney Star debuts Friday Blarney Star debuts Friday
Oooh, folks, the concert series are blazing their ways back this fall! We start with Don Meade’s resurrected Blarney Star series, which opens Sept....
Reappraising a revolutionary Reappraising a revolutionary
Cathal Brugha was shot during fighting in Dublin at the outset of the Civil War and died at the Mater Hospital the next morning, July 7, 1922. He w...
Gourley and Feddersen album is a delight Gourley and Feddersen album is a delight
You don’t see it too often in the world of traditional Irish music at this point, but vinyl has been making a roaring comeback in the world of popu...
McGovern captured A-bomb horror McGovern captured A-bomb horror
People around the world know the searing images Monaghan-born Daniel McGovern captured with his camera in the wake of the dropping of the atomic bo...
Tomatoes: Grab 'Em While You Can Tomatoes: Grab 'Em While You Can
It’s safe to say, I never met a tomato I didn’t like — red, yellow, green, plum, beef stake, big boy, grape, cherry, heirloom — the list is endless...
Labor was 'part of who we were' Labor was 'part of who we were'
“Our working conditions are the children’s learning conditions.” So said Kara McCormick-Lyons, the president of the White Plains Teachers Associati...
IAW&A for NYC Poetry Fest IAW&A for NYC Poetry Fest
The NYC Poetry Festival is back. And the Irish American Writers and Artists will be participating for the first time in the 2002 event, which will ...
'Far Away' is powerful reminder of Grennan's ability 'Far Away' is powerful reminder of Grennan's ability
Folks, great news if you’re living in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut: the great band bohola is coming your way! Starting Sept. 21, the gr...

 



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