Community Features & Events
Ray Flynn’s Battle for Boston
Written by Boston community activist and academic Don Gillis, who played key roles both in Ray Flynn’s 1983 remarkable underdog election to the off...
July 31, 2025
by Dr. Francis Costello
Chicago Calling: Tom Herion Has His Plate Full And Then Some
Jimmy Cagney would play Tom Herion in the old days. He’s Chief of the Lyons, Illinois Police Department, founder, big cheese behind The Chicago Gar...
July 24, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
In Lavery’s Tangier footsteps
Older Irish people know of the painter Sir John Lavery because one of his many portraits of his wife Hazel was used to grace the Irish pound note f...
July 14, 2025
by By Geoffrey Cobb
Community Features & Events
A Heart Thumping Tale from Sally Quinn
I have long been aware of Sally Quinn. And that’s not just because she was married to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. Quinn has c...
July 03, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
Noreen Heron's Self-Made Success
“The biggest thing that changed the trajectory of my life was I got a job at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse when I was 14 years old. I lied about my ...
June 13, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Belfast Gaeilge group hosts ‘powerful’ New York fundraiser
WEST Belfast Irish language youth and community organisation Glór na Mona successfully brought their capital fundraising campaign Stateside with a ...
June 13, 2025
by Conor McParland
Community Features & Events
Belfast's best take bite out of Big Apple
Stalwarts of Belfast Irish language youth club Glór na Móna have arrived in New York ahead of a fundraiser tonight for their new build plans. The I...
June 05, 2025
by Staff Reporter
Community Features & Events
The Irish of Cleveland - a corner of America which is forever Mayo - are focused on future
It's correct what they say about Cleveland, Ohio, it really is a bastion of the Irish. But for those in the know, that's only half the story; for i...
June 02, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
Nassau County Emeralds gather for installation dinner, salute heroes
On Thursday past, over 450 gathered at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, for the Bi-Annual Installation Dinner an...
May 28, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Take Your Partners: San Fran Irish Center and Marin Fest step out together
The United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco has partnered up with the annual Marin Irish Festival to present a unrivalled showcase for Irish ...
May 19, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Heroes saluted at Echo gala in 'Capital of Irish America'
A full house raised glasses high to standout community ambassadors at the second annual Heroes of Irish America gala in Buffalo, NY last night. Amo...
May 17, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Tommy Finnegan and the Beatles of the Bagpipes
Tommy Finnegan is the son of a Chicago Firefighter and has been playing the pipes in The Shannon Rovers Pipe Band for 27 years. He sez, “I’m not mu...
May 08, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
Chicago Calling: Tom Herion Has His Plate Full And Then Some
In Lavery’s Tangier footsteps
