Parrott joins Real Betis, renewing old Irish links
Troy Parrott, the Republic of Ireland’s hat-trick hero in Budapest, is bound for the Champions League this season following his signing a five-year...
August 21, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Premier League kicks off today
The 2026 World Cup finals earlier this summer means a slightly later than usual start to the EPL, which gets under way at the Emirates on this afte...
August 21, 2026
by Sean Creedon
News
A Country Seat
Pic of Day: Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has purchased 200-year-old Strancally Castle on the banks of the River Blackwater in County Waterford. In ...
August 21, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
NJ Hibernians 9/11 Day of Remembrance
The New Jersey State Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians has officially declared Saturday, September 26 as its Day of Remembrance honoring nin...
August 21, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Line and Light
Pic of Day: A Stena Line Ferry enters Dublin Port with the Poolbeg lighthouse in the foreground. Photo by Leah Farrell RollingNews.ie.
August 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Walker Fergus Gains Words of Wisdom from Running Master Tom
If you want to learn at first hand - or perhaps at first foot - all there is to know about crossing America entirely under your own steam, then you...
August 20, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
Padraig Horan, 76
The death occurred last week of former Offaly hurler Padraig Horan at the age of 76.. He captained Offaly to their first All-Ireland hurling succes...
August 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Mayo vs. Kerry again in November
Mayo and Kerry are planning an All-Ireland football final re-run in London in late November. The challenge game, which may have a fundraising or ch...
August 20, 2026
by Sean Creedon
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Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...
August 20, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...
August 20, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
News
Shared Heritage
Pic of Day: The Women of Irish Heritage Jersey shore recently elected a new Executive Board and here they are. See report in this week's print/digi...
August 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Catalpa Gathering at Ernie O'Malley's
Ernie O'Malley's in Manhattan will be the setting on Saturday, August 22 for a talk and fundraiser in aid of a memorial to the 1876 Catalpa rescue ...
August 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Premier League Preview: Arsenal have slight edge
Now might be the time to get good odds on Manchester City winning the Premier League. The champions of six of the past nine seasons went down 3-0 t...
August 19, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Mary Pat Kelly to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
The Irish American Writers & Artists has announced that author and filmmaker Mary Pat Kelly will receive the 2026 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achieveme...
August 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Garden Saved
In a world on fire every bit of green counts. Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan is a tiny sliver of green in the mostly asphalt and concre...
August 19, 2026
by Leader Column