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The Fleadh Comes to Belfast
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast wrapped up as a massive triumph, drawing an estimated…
Tom Deignan Interviews Stephan Talty
Tom Deignan (left) talks to Stephan Talty (right) about The American School of Spies: His…
Embassy of Ireland Celebrates Irish America 250
America 250 is much more than a commemoration of a historic milestone. It is an…
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Belfast and Young Plato
In just a few weeks, Ireland – and the world – will mark the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” That was the gruesome, January 1972 day when British soldiers opened […]
The 10th Annual Tom Quinlan Poetry Lecture Featuring Paul Muldoon
Poet Paul Muldoon is even busier than usual. Earlier this month he was in London to help launch Paul McCartney’s memoir, “The Lyrics”… an instant bestseller on both sides of […]
Irish Pride Stands Astride the Atlantic
Protests over closure of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum As the United States begins to return to a post-pandemic normality, the “end-emic” may not see the re-opening of one beloved institution […]
Larry Kirwan’s “Paradise Square” isBroadway-Bound
For over 30 years, Larry Kirwan’s voice provided the soundtrack for Irish American and Irish immigrant life. As the frontman for legendary Celtic rockers Black 47, Kirwan went from playing […]
Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released Ira Aldridge: Black Tragedian in Ireland in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland’s […]
Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland
If you had been in London on 15 May 1835, you could have heard Daniel O’Connell, Ireland’s Liberator, speak at a large Anti-Slavery meeting in the prestigious Exeter Hall. O’Connell, […]