Culture

In the media yoke this week is “Fleadh Town,” the newest album from bodhrán player Damien Quinn. “Fleadh Town” grew out of a performance and has be...

Irish American Writers & Artists’ November salon packed the private room at The Ellington restaurant on Broadway and 105th Street on the 19th of th...

Novelist Alice McDermott will discuss the art of fiction at the 92nd Street Y, New York, on Monday, Dec. 16, at 7:30, in an online and in person ev...

The South Shore Irish Heritage Trail’s Photo Contest and International Exhibition is Open for Entries! And the theme is “Trasna.” This is an Intern...

You’ve barely cleared the table of the leftovers from last week’s Thanksgiving meal, and it’s already time to start thinking about preparations for...

Between plummeting temperatures and 4 p.m. sunsets, winter in New York is not for the thin-skinned. Take it from an Irishman -- who moved here unde...

Are we ready for the holiday season, folks? Because from here on out it’s the time you’ll have sounds to hear and choose from, and you might just f...

[Portrait of Richard painted by Barthel ii in the 1520s, after a lost original, for the Paston family. Owned by the Society of Antiquaries, London,...

[Top: “Above all! Let’s not talk about the Dreyfus Affair!” Bottom: “They talked about it…” Lorraine Beitler Collection of the Dreyfus Affair. Univ...

Last weekend I was down at the Baltimore Irish Tenor Banjo Summit doing a little speaking thing on the Flanagan Brothers, a family of traditional m...

There’s the turkey, of course, but oh those sides! Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, stuffing — the list goes on and on for family...

Dad’s friend Derek was a keen gardener. He only had a small patch to grow on, like all of us on the estate. My dad had planted potatoes and strawbe...