Culture
Grieving mum goes to extremes
Jonas Armstrong welcomed the opportunity to film in his native Ireland. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACORN TV By Karen Butler "Robin Hood," “Ripper Street” an...
June 07, 2021
by Karen Butler
Culture
Celebrating Strawberries in June
Strawberry Shortcakes. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson June 14 is designated as “National Strawberry Shortcake Day,” but let’s face it: those dele...
June 03, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
The women who made ‘Ulysses’
James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. By Peter McDermott Intrigue, betrayal, suspense a...
June 01, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Insight provided into Mulvihill’s style
Brendan Mulvihill. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Folks, the sessions are slowly on their way back! I was chatting recently with the great Don...
June 01, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Murphy’s Ice Cream on Road Again
Bray, Co. Wicklow Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Fans of the Dingle-based, award-winning Irish ice cream can now get their Murphy’s “fix”...
May 28, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Newsletter wins award
Jim Regan, editor of the Newsletter of the Irish Family History Forum. The Irish Family History Forum has been honored again by the National Geneal...
May 27, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
‘Small electric shocks of discovery’
Ethel Rohan. [Photo by Justin Yee] Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In the second last story in Ethel Rohan’s wonderful collection, “In the ...
May 26, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Deane was inspiring, spellbinding
Prof. Seamus Deane. By Kevin Holohan In a somewhat melodramatic introductory lecture, reminiscent of the law school TV drama “The Paper Chase,” som...
May 24, 2021
by Kevin Holohan
Culture
Yeats album will delight trad fans
W. B. Yeats in 1933. [Pirie MacDonald/Library of Congress] By Daniel Neely In the media player this week is a very interesting album that I teased ...
May 24, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Ireland On My Mind
Kinsale, Co. Cork. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson With travel to Ireland (hopefully) resuming in the coming weeks, the thought of another visit h...
May 21, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Stars can relate to ‘Finding You’ roles
Rose Reid and Patrick Bergin in a scene from “Finding You.” [Photos by Anthony Courtney/Courtesy of Roadside Attractions] By Karen Butler Rose Reid...
May 20, 2021
by Karen Butler
Culture
Murphy is ready for Rockaway
Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Stefan Murphy has turned to making art over the past year. By Peter McDermott In an interview a few years ago, Stef...
May 19, 2021
by Peter McDermott