Community Features & Events
Empathize with Oppressed, Irish 40 Under 40 Honorees are told
The 19th annual Irish 40 under 40 awards gala in New York City has been told immigrants to the U.S. today are facing the same obstacles and prejudi...
February 28, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Joe McKittrick hails from formidable family
There is a tribe in Dublin, from Swords, County Fingal, known as the McKittricks. My friend at the Echo, Peter McDermott says “All three McKittrick...
February 25, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Praise Be: New Belfast walking tour explores Church, State and Rebellion
If The Lord in His Mercy really is looking down on Belfast, then a new city centre walking tour will surely have caught His attention. For while mo...
February 24, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
Irish America Invited to Lace Up Running Shoes and Join St Patrick's Day Global 10K
From Montana to Minnesota and from California to Connecticut, the call is going out for Irish Americans to lace up their trainers and join a global...
February 23, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Hinch Distillery Raises a Glass to Ireland’s Role in America’s Foundation
As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, a distillery in County Down is mar...
February 22, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Irish Northern Aid in CT mark Bloody Sunday anniversary
On Sunday 15 February Irish Northern Aid of Connecticut held its annual Bloody Sunday Mass and breakfast gathering at the Irish American Home in Gl...
February 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Knights tee up St Patrick's Season with grand gesture
The Knights of Saint Patrick, renowned for their backing of St Patrick's Day parades across New York, have given a timely boost to the celebrations...
February 20, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Woodland project spans the Atlantic
Celtic Junction Arts Center in the Twin Cities and the Gaelic Woodland Project in Ireland completed a transatlantic online seminar on Saturday with...
February 17, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Senator Patricia Fahy to address Irish 40 Under 40 gala
New York State Senator Patricia Fahy will address the 19th annual 40 Under 40 celebration on 27 February in New York. A proud Irish American, Senat...
February 13, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Minnesota Irish Centre Branches Out to Ireland with Virtual Woodland Project Presentation
From small acorns could well be the guiding philosophy of a new initiative linking the Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul, MN with Ireland's g...
February 13, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
Library of Congress Exhibition Spotlights Frederick Douglass Ties with Ireland
An evocative exhibition detailing the links between Ireland and the 19th Century's most famed abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, has gone on show at...
February 09, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Royal College of Surgeons nursing honor for SoCal's Irish midwife
Sally McNally, widely regarded as Southern California’s beloved Irish midwife, was formally conferred as a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing and Mid...
February 02, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
