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Best of luck to all the competitors at Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s Mid-Atlantic Fleadh! For those who mightn’t know, this weekend is the big even...
May 07, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Wexford get back on track
Wexford 1-28; Galway 0-23 Hurling folk leaving Wexford Park on Saturday evening could well have been forgiven for asking – “Will the real Wexford a...
May 07, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
News
Turning Up For Tim
Pic of Day: This group of Tim Kennedy supporters made the journey to Capitol Hill Monday to cheer on Kennedy as he was sworn in as a member of the ...
May 07, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Trinity College to Pull Funds
Trinity College Dublin is to divest from investment in companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and are blacklisted by ...
May 07, 2024
by Anthony Neeson
Gleeson's late free earns Galway hat-trick of Connacht titles
Galway 0-16; Mayo 0-15 Despite talk of losing to gain an easier group in the All-Ireland series, Sunday’s Connacht Final showdown between these old...
May 06, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
Bealtaine celebrated at Westbury, West 38th Street
On a sun-lit Sunday afternoon, April 28 to be exact, members and friends of Nollaig na mBan NY gathered at The Westbury Pub (20 West 38th St., Manh...
May 06, 2024
by Bernadette Cullen
News
Protest Leads to Book of Kells Closure
Pic of Day: The Book of Kells at Trinity College is closed to visitors as is much of the campus, this in face of a protest by students supporting P...
May 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
News
'We Remember JFK Jr.' Opens in Hyannis
A poignant exhibit entitled “We Remember John F. Kennedy, Jr.” is on display at the JFK Museum in Hyannis, Cape Cod now through December of this ye...
May 06, 2024
by Michael Quinlin
Culture
Like a Full-Force Gael: Connemara Poet's Memorable Fulbright Year at CUA
Fulbrighter, file, first-class ambassador of the Irish language, community organizer…and the list goes on for Spiddal native, Seán Ó Coistealbha, a...
May 05, 2024
by Aileen Gorman Leong
Community Features & Events
Learners on song at annual Lá na Gaeilge in Glucksman Ireland House
As early morning April showers faded into memory, an afternoon sunlight stretched its limbs across Washington Square Park, falling gently upon the ...
May 05, 2024
by Aileen Gorman Leong
New York City Irish Dance Fest for Pier 1 on Sunday, May 5
The New York City Irish Dance Festival 2024 will take place on this Sunday, May 5, from 12 noon through 6 p.m. at Pier 1 on the Hudson River, end o...
May 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Clare host Kerry in final
The GAA is celebrating their 140th anniversary this year and there will be some events taking place later this year to mark that milestone. While t...
May 03, 2024
by Sean Creedon
'A wake to show our love'
Irish American Writers & Artists packed the Ellington restaurant’s party room for an Irish Wake for our beloved Malachy McCourt, an IAW&A founding ...
May 02, 2024
by Karen Daly
O'Toole wants to 'keep pushing'
Galway’s Thomas “The Kid” O’Toole, an undefeated light heavyweight [9-0, 6 KOs], squares off with once-beaten Russell Kimber [2-1, 1 KO] for the va...
May 02, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
News
Flying Proudly in Galway
PIC OF DAY: The flag of New York's Fighting 69th Regiment flies proudly at the home in Galway of former Irish Senator for the Diaspora Billy Lawles...
May 02, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff