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Denis O’Brien. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Irish businessman Denis O’Brien has established a fellowship at Boston College that will prov...

Beck Lee, right, with Brendan Coyle, star of "Downton Abbey." [Click on image for a larger picture.] By Orla O’Sullivan Who knows, Beck Lee may som...

By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Hillary Rodham Clinton isn’t Irish American per se, but that matters for naught as far as the lobby group Ir...

By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho. With a nod to a former time when political rivals Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill could debate, argue, shoot the ...

Roger Sterling (played by John Slattery), left, and Dan Draper (Jon Hamm) in a scene from “Mad Men,” which enters its last phase on Sunday night wi...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When asked by the Echo what his latest book, “The Dirty Dust,” is about, Alan Titley said: “It’s about 320 ...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Another book of photographs of Ireland? Leslie Conron Carola’s short answer might be “Why not?” But her lat...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Lyrics that perhaps pass through Lorcan Shannon’s mind as he zigzags his way out of the morning madness of Grand Central and ...

The New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been making headlines since its birth 254 years ago. But the last twenty-five parades, while in the news ...

Cardinal Edward Egan, former spiritual leader of over two million Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York, died Thursday at the age of 82. The car...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh There’s just something about Castlerea, a town where I spent most weekends as a child that continually draws me back in. An a...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh The Barra Ó Donnabháin lecture is an annual lecture established by Glucksman Ireland House NYU in 2006. It commemorates Barra...