Tiny cemetery in Astoria, Queens has intriguing history
Our New York Irish history can often lie hiding in plain sight, especially in Astoria, Queens. If you peer between the cracks of a chain link fence...
May 01, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Boxing beginners thrive at Bua
Donal Ward’s Bua Boxing Gym, the first Irish-owned gym in New York since the McLaughlin brothers’ Irish Ropes closed down in Far Rockaway 19 years ...
May 01, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
News
Sunny and Warm
Pic of Day: The old Celtic calendar declared May 1 to be the first day of summer. And it certainly feels like summer with some record breaking and ...
May 01, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Dancing to Save Lives
The New York City Irish Dance Festival and international humanitarian organization GOAL USA are staging what they call "a truly unique event" that ...
May 01, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
KIRWAN: The Window Opening Wider
The divide between lace curtain and shanty had pretty much disappeared by the time I hit New York in the 1970s. That being said, the clientele of t...
May 01, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Bennett wins it for Waterford
Waterford 2-23; Clare 0-21 They have been the forgotten men of Munster hurling since the new round-robin series was introduced but on Sunday Waterf...
April 30, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Culture
St Paul, MN transatlantic trailblazer who transformed Irish America to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Celtic Junction Arts Center in St Paul, MN is celebrating the news this week that late scholar and cultural advocate Dr. Eoin McKiernan is to be in...
April 30, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
One Hundred Days
President Trump marked one hundred days in office on Tuesday. Lest anyone has been asleep for the five score day period we can safely assert that e...
April 30, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Adams Sues BBC in Dublin High Court
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams’ libel case against the BBC has begun at the High Court in Dublin. Mr. Adams is claiming that he was defamed...
April 30, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
INUSA meets in New Jersey
Pic of Day: The Irish Network USA 2025 Conference took place in New Jersey from Friday through Sunday, with plenary sessions on Saturday at the Met...
April 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
War ends, bar abandoned
Fall of Saigon, 50th anniversary, art installation Ho Chi Minh City. Queen Bee.
April 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Armagh in Ulster encounter show they know how to win
Armagh 0-23; Tyrone 0-22 That’s what the winning habit does - it teaches you how to steal victory from the oesophagus of defeat. And it’s just how ...
April 29, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
From trad to transformative
A couple things in the media yoke this week. First of is the eponymous debut album from the band Tempest. “Tempest” is a four piece from the north ...
April 29, 2025
by Daniel Neely
News
Wearing a Suit for a Lawsuit
Pic of Day: Former Sinn Féin president, and Echo columnist, Gerry Adams arriving at the High Court in Dublin Tuesday for his libel case agains the ...
April 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Kneecap Apologise, Hit Out
Irish language rappers Kneecap have apologised to the families of two murdered MPs after footage emerged of one of the rap band's concerts in 2023 ...
April 29, 2025
by Anthony Neeson