News
An Early Brood
Pic of Day: A family of swans with signets on Derryounce Lake, just outside Portarlington on the Laois/Offlay border. The lake is in what was a Bor...
June 01, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Experience trad at its best
With our two regional fleadhanna done and dusted, North America’s All-Ireland hopefuls are making plans to head over to Belfast from Aug. 2-9, to c...
June 01, 2026
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Crossing From Real Life to an Imagined One
Where the ingenious twists and turns in the plot came from, I have no idea – but about 22 years ago I began to think about writing a novel based on...
June 01, 2026
by Anne Cadwallader
Opinion
A New Look at Our Greatest Story
Storytelling is a crucial part of Irish culture, from oral histories to our playwrights and poets. But the story of the Irish diaspora is perhaps o...
June 01, 2026
by Neale Richmond
News
Ahead of NY State Comptroller Race Primary, Irish voice support for DiNapoli
More Irish Americans have been rowing in behind the campaign of NY State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli as the Democratic Primary date — 23 June — nears....
June 01, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Westmeath's march continues
Westmeath 1-31 Cavan 3-21 The Westmeath train is still on the tracks after five wins. In this Round 1 home game against Cavan at Mullingar, they se...
June 01, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Drop From a Bucket
Pic of Day: Firefighters are tackling gorse fires in the Dublin Mountains. Smoke from the fires has spread across the south of Dublin and people in...
May 29, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Poach Fish for an Easy Summer Meal
Memorial Day marked the unofficial start of summer, but, in my opinion, it’s also the official start of cooking easy meals with seasonal ingredient...
May 29, 2026
by Margaret M. Johnson
Irish notch up win at Aviva
We were perhaps unlucky not to qualify for next month’s World Cup, but there is no doubt that Irish soccer is in a reasonably good place right now....
May 29, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Community Features & Events
Club NY GAA to kick off on 17 June
New York GAA will officially launch a new membership initiative, Club New York GAA, at a star-studded event onn Wednesday, June 17 at Rosie O’Grady...
May 29, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
5th Annual Queens Irish fest announced for Sunday, June 14
The New York Irish Center presents five continuous hours of music and dance set against the backdrop of Queens at the fifth annual “Queens Irish He...
May 28, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
All eyes on game in Mullingar
Cusack Park, Mullingar, has a special place in the history of the GAA as legendary GAA commentator Michael O’Hehir did his first commentary from th...
May 28, 2026
by Sean Creedon
News
Viking Marathon
Pic of Day. Waterford is very proud of its Viking heritage and on June 20 and 21, and returning for its 14th year, the WLR Viking Marathon will fea...
May 28, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Congressman Tim Kennedy Previews Buffalo Joyce Museum
Buffalo New York is moving to become a companion to Dublin as a center of the Joycean world. And part of that process took place recently in the Li...
May 28, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Comics to take Wolfhound stage
Next up the comedians. The CraicFest’s busy spring season continues Friday night at the Wolfhound in Astoria with its annual ComedyFest. The specia...
May 27, 2026
by Peter McDermott