News
North crisis deepens as Robinson resigns
DUP leader Peter Robinson By Irish Echo Staff The political crisis in Northern Ireland deepened Thursday with First Minister Peter Robinson announc...
September 10, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
News
A day of remembrance
[caption id="attachment_80084" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The monument to the Irish soldiers who died in the Korean War while serving in the ...
September 10, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
McQuaid’s Irish idols now her collaborators
[caption id="attachment_80072" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sarah McQuaid plays exclusively in dadgad, a type of toning for the Celtic guitar.[/c...
September 10, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Play invites little people to stand up
Donal O'Kelly and Sorcha Fox in a scene from “Little Thing, Big Thing.” By Orla O'Sullivan What might a criminal and a nun have in common? That's o...
September 09, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tommy McNamara keeps Irish end up for NYCFC
[caption id="attachment_80065" align="aligncenter" width="168"] Tommy McNamara and his pal Murphy Malone[/caption] By Sean Devlin Tommy McNamara mi...
September 09, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
New Irish-American Writing
"On her birthday," by Seamus Scanlon Seamus Scanlon. He left Belfast around 2 am. Light traffic. He liked driving at night... no school runs, no ru...
September 08, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Road bowls returns to Wheeling, West Virginia
[caption id="attachment_80054" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Road Bowling is growing in popularity in West Virginia[/caption] By Evan Short West...
September 08, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Reps. Neal, Boyle attend Dublin forum
[caption id="attachment_80033" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The visiting parliamentarians gathered in front of Leinster House in Dublin[/captio...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Just a short stop Your Holiness
[caption id="attachment_80030" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Shaun Clancy[/caption] By Irish Echo Staff Pope Francis may want to add another sho...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Need to make national treasure more national
[caption id="attachment_80020" align="alignnone" width="300"] Dan Barry extolled the virtues of Ireland's national game in the New York Times recen...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
14 powerful and expressive tracks
By Daniel Neely Formed in 1983, Buttons and Bows is one of the great groups playing traditional Irish music today. Made up of Séamus McGuire (fiddl...
September 04, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Back to where it all started
[caption id="attachment_80009" align="aligncenter" width="300"] AOH National President Brendan Moore (left), Rev. Raymond Nobiletto, New York Past ...
September 03, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff