Culture
Fia Celebrates Weaving Tradition
Fia Clothing is taking the high ground and wants you to do so, too. The luxurious new apparel brand is built upon Ireland’s renown as a nation of w...
December 02, 2020
by By Irish Echo Staff
Culture
McEvoy’s dedication to CCÉ unmatched
Modern Day Mummers. By Daniel Neely On last Wednesday, Nov. 25, Bill McEvoy, the founder of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in North America, passed aw...
December 01, 2020
by Daniel Neely
Culture
‘Overdosed’ screened
A still from ‘Overdosed.’ County Waterford-born filmmaker Mary Sue Connolly presented her 75-minute documentary “Overdosed” at Microscope Gallery, ...
December 01, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Clarke remembered 40 years on
Sr. Maura Clarke with visiting members of her family in Nicaragua. She was killed in El Salvador 40 years ago this week. By Geoffrey Cobb On Dec. 2...
November 30, 2020
by Geoffrey Cobb
Culture
Extending boundaries of Irish writing
John Connolly. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Novelist John Connolly goes back to the Clinton years and to Clinton country for his latest,...
November 24, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
O’Shea glad to act in ‘joyous’ movie
Fionn O’Shea says sometimes “it’s the scenes that have the most comedy that are the hardest to film.” By Karen Butler Fionn O’Shea knew as soon as ...
November 24, 2020
by Karen Butler
Culture
Making gorgeous music in Boston
“Ship In The Clouds” is an excellent debut from a quartet of players who are fabulous individually and even mightier together. By Daniel Neely In t...
November 23, 2020
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Dateline Dallas
This Erie Daily Times from Nov. 22, 1963, has a report with a quote suggesting that President John F. Kennedy was dead on arrival at Parkland Hospi...
November 20, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Cranberries Star on November Table
Apple Cranberry Crumble. Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Growing up in Massachusetts, home to Ocean Spray, the largest cranberry cooperative in th...
November 18, 2020
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Flawed characters at the crossroads
Daniel T. Brown loves to hear the question “Are these true stories?” By Irish Echo Staff “There’s drama, comedy, and all of the colors in between.”...
November 17, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Raelach’s efforts stand tall in trad
Jack Talty and Maurice Gunning. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely It used to be that you could go to a shop and buy music in person. You’d spend ...
November 16, 2020
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Celebrating Samhain on Zoom
Diane Charleton as Rosie Hackett. By Maura Mulligan In a welcome respite from pandemic fears and election hype, friends in Ireland and the UK accep...
November 13, 2020
by Maura Mulligan