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Gemma Bradley. Co-operation Ireland, the peace-building charity across the island of Ireland, presents “X The Waves” (or Cross the Waves) — a virtu...

Patrick Mangan’s playing is top tier Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely In the media player this week is fiddle virtuoso Patrick Mangan’s wintry-t...

Actors Michael Mellamphy and Sarah Street are the co-curators of Origin’s 13th Annual 1st Irish Festival. PHOTO BY JAMES HIGGINS By Peter McDermott...

Hanneke Cassel. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Boston in the spotlight this week! Last week or so I received an email from Elizabeth Sweeney, ...

The treeless plain of the Curragh was a notable feature of the journey. PART 1 By Tom Phelan Every summer we visited Dad’s sister Ellen, a nun whos...

Pete Hamill, left, and Jimmy Breslin in a section of a photograph by Brian Hamill used in the 2018 HBO documentary “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Ar...

IMAGE COURTESY OF APPLE TV+ By Karen Butler The cast and filmmakers of the visually stunning and emotionally rich “Wolfwalkers” say they hope audie...

Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson If there was ever a year that couldn’t come soon enough, it’s 2021! And while Champagne is the traditional drink t...

Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns has Released a new song for the season, Macy’s Window (Christmas in New York). It is available on iTunes By Irish Echo S...

Colum McCann will feature in the NYIC show. The New York Irish Center will present on Christmas Eve, at 2 p.m., “Home Away From Home This Christmas...

Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia in 1917. By Geoffrey Cobb Heroic women’s rights fighter Lucy Burns died on Dec. 22, 1966 at the age of...

A picture taken in recent years of the Christmas tree in front of India House, 1 Hanover Sq., near Wall Street. PHOTO BY JAMES RODGERS By Peter McD...