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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...

After years spent in the background of politics, both local and national, when Julie Roche decided to step forward and run for City Council in her ...

Are we there yet? This was no impatient kid in the back seat of a car. And if only we had a car – like the one that had just passed us by while cli...

By Dominic MacSorley As an Irish person who has adopted the United States as his home away from home, I am probably more in tune with the echoes of...

There may well be mice living in the nooks and crannies of Croke Park. But they won’t be wearing GAA jerseys. The mice who inhabit the pages of the...

It was 1.15 in the afternoon. My wife issued the order of the day. If we get split up, meet in the cafeteria at 3. Three, I thought. Sure we’ll be ...

Long-serving veteran Command Sergeant Major Tom Fitzsimmons was the Guest of Honor at the recent Makin Day Dinner, the annual celebration held by t...

How do we know if we’re in the middle of a personal, emotional, and spiritual crisis in our lives? You’re a 16-year-old at Marist High School in 19...

Time is running out for the new generation of Irish American leaders to be listed on the prestigious Irish Echo 40 under 40 listing. Each year, our...

Put it down to a New York - centric big city bias but when I think of the Irish diaspora my mind automatically drifts to Hell’s Kitchen, the Marble...

I’m relaxing with room service in my suite at the Fitzpatrick Castle in Killiney, just outside Dublin. The rest of our group returned to Chicago ve...

We live in polarizing times. Politicians that were once considered colleagues with differing viewpoints now appear to be deadly enemies. Compromise...