Community Features & Events
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: An International Women's Day salute to Natalie O'Shea of the Twin Cities Irish centre
In the fabric of Minnesota’s history and culture is embroidered the name of someone to be celebrated not only on International Women’s Day but on e...
March 08, 2023
by Aileen Gorman Leong
News
CHICAGO CALLING: Hometown hero who has the 'plumb' job at Windy City St Patrick's parade
“The plumber protects the health of our nation.” Albert Einstein 1954. Hizzoner Mayor Richard J. Daley asked his childhood friend Stephen Bailey, B...
March 07, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Culture
Artists cast loving light on style and soul of sidelined South Bronx
They met “40 something” years ago, Rigoerto Torres told me, speaking of himself and his partner in art John Ahearn, while we chatted one recent aft...
February 23, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
A Man, a Border, a People
The story of Sean Quinn is a story about the Border and its people. I was born in Enniskillen and, living in the shadow of the industrial complex t...
February 17, 2023
by By Trevor Birney
Community Features & Events
Profile: Buffalo's Jack of all trades with finger on political pulse
Attorney, lobbyist, political aide to Chuck Schumer, former political candidate, author, adjunct faculty member at his alma mater Canisius College,...
February 13, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
Fans of “Derry Girls”, the hilarious TV show out of the North of Ireland that ran for years with the wacky antics of a group of Catholic school gir...
February 13, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
US chief of Invest NI is driven by desire to makes things better back home
After 15 years working in New York to bring investment to Northern Ireland, Andrea Haughian stepped up to the top job with Invest Northern Ireland ...
January 31, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Ink in his veins - Jim O'Shea's fight for the front page
Jim O’Shea is a Quixotic inspiration, even more so because he is a septuagenarian. A long-time Managing Editor at The Chicago Tribune and later the...
January 17, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Nominate now for national Irish Arts Awards in Buffalo, NY
Irish arts fans across America are being urged to get their nominations in now for the Irish Echo Arts Awards which will take place in Buffalo, New...
January 12, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: A Kerry Gaeltacht outpost in Western Mass
Springfield, MA has been called the City of Firsts for its many innovations and for its proud Irish American community the city really is first amo...
January 08, 2023
by Aileen Gorman Leong
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Alamo Duke Lynch - Remember HIS battle!
In retrospect, it’s easy to see the hand of God working in our lives. James “Duke” Lynch grew up in St. Philip Neri parish in Chicago. He earned th...
January 05, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: Golden era for Irish Language in San Francisco
There’s always been a rich history of Irish culture and language in the Golden City and that legacy is fuelling a revival today of interest in An G...
January 05, 2023
by Aileen Gorman Leong
