Community Features & Events
Boston leaders vow to strengthen transatlantic links to Northwest Ireland
Top Irish American advocates in the Boston area have pledged to step up efforts to forge links with Northwest Ireland. The senior figures in the Ir...
June 09, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Knights of St. Patrick set out growth plans at Ireland House gathering
The Knights of St. Patrick held their annual spring gathering on June 3. Ireland’s Consul General, Gerald Angley, hosted the event at Ireland House...
June 08, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Club NY GAA to kick off on 17 June
New York GAA will officially launch a new membership initiative, Club New York GAA, at a star-studded event onn Wednesday, June 17 at Rosie O’Grady...
May 29, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Eileen Bellew
Mike McCarthy asked me to read his cousin Eileen’s book. Since I host a radio show dedicated to Irish First Responders: cops, firefighters, paramed...
May 22, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
Homepage
CHICAGO CALLING: Patrick Fitzmaurice Keeping it All in the Family
Patrick Fitzmaurice is a Chicago Fire Department legend. He’s now retired as Paramedic Crew Chief after “45 years, 7 months, and 28 days” on the jo...
May 06, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
PICS OF THE DAY: Suffolk Emeralds Honored
The Suffolk County Police Officers Emerald Society held its 57th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance on Thursday, April 23 at the Larkfield in ...
April 24, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Irish Maritime leaders saluted at inaugural awards
Irish American maritime leaders were the toast of Club 101 on Park Avenue last Thursday at the first Irish Echo Maritime Awards. Among honorees wer...
April 20, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
News
Belfast Harbour On Course to be One of the UK's Fastest Growing Ports
Belfast Harbour will be well known to many in the maritime sector in North America as a key gateway for trade to and from the island of Ireland, an...
April 16, 2026
by Michael Robinson
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Liam Stanton
Just like Dr. King, I have a dream. My dream is an Irish American Catholic mayor for our great city of Chicago. I dream of our city governed by som...
April 13, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
BOOKS: Catalpa Rescue was Irish America's coming of age
Sailing halfway around the world in a whaling ship to rescue Fenian rebels rotting in an English penal establishment has all the ingredients of a c...
April 09, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
On 150th anniversary, Catalpa rescue to be marked at Irish Maritime Awards
The daring Catalpa Rescue of six Fenians from Freemantle Gaol in Western Australia, on 17 April 1876 will be marked at the inaugural Irish Maritime...
April 05, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Tommy McDonald
In 1963 I was a freshman at the venerable Mt. Carmel High School on the Southside of Chicago. Sitting across the aisle from me was a kid named Tomm...
March 30, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
