Ó Faoláin is bright young light
In the media yoke this week is “Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn,” Macdara Ó Faoláin’s most recent release. A multi-instrumentalist and luthier from ...
February 20, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
'TDS,' Jon Stewart wrong about Dems 'crying wolf' on fascism
The Netflix series “Glória” is a thriller that shouldn’t be missed by fans of the Cold War espionage genre. It also has its similarities to “Mad Me...
February 20, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Vinegar Hill has storied past
The quaint streets of Vinegar Hill, nestled between the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Manhattan Bridge, feel more like the streets of some small, tran...
February 19, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Virgin Media Business Honors Irish Hotels
More good news for the Irish hospitality industry as the Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Awards program recently named the “best of the best” in h...
February 19, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
St. Brigid's celebration on Feb. 1
Braving the frigid wind tunnels in midtown Manhattan on Saturday, Feb. 1, participants heading to this annual celebration at the Ripley Grier Studi...
February 14, 2025
by Deirdre Batson
Family Search
Joanne Dillon’s family pilgrimage to Staten Island was a lifetime in coming. The last one took place during World War II, a day trip from the Bronx...
February 12, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Roberts was one of the great voices in traditional singing
This week, I received word of a recent Irish film incorporating traditional music that has found its way into a pair of upcoming North American fes...
February 12, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Mary O'Donnell, Co. Donegal fashion designer, dead at 91
Mary O'Donnell, a leading fashion designer who had a profound influence upon post-war Irish and American fashion, died on Jan. 27, in Kilcar, Co. D...
February 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
All aboard for Twin Cities Excellent Adventure at Origin Theatre Fest
Celtic Junction Arts Center, the Midwest's premier hub for Irish arts is inviting theater enthusiasts to participate in its NYC Irish Theatre Festi...
February 08, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Defining Dishes for Super Sunday
When the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles take to the field at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday (the 11th time the city has hosted...
February 07, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
What the world lost
PETER QUINN The last time I saw Brendan was in Burke Rehabilitation hospital shortly after Christmas. He’d been hospitalized since August. We talke...
February 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Losing our champion
There was sorrowful loss these past two years. Loss that I thought the IAW&A community had passed through, as we moved from a time that had brought...
February 06, 2025
by Maria Deasy