Many of us know little, if anything, about our ancestors. Often, we don’t even know their names. My own ignorance about my ...

Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Brooklyn will observe the Feast of St. Brigid, patroness of Ireland, with a Mass of thanksgiving ...

The New York Saint Patrick’s Day parade has a long, fascinating history. Boston claims the oldest celebrations of St. Patrick ...

President Michael D. Higgins has presented this year’s Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad at a ...

The boys are holding on to the bulk of the jobs. The group Women for Election are not happy with the number of women in the ...

In the media yoke this week is Damien Mullane’s new album “Evoke.” An album of exceptional musicianship and extraordinary ...

Donagh Keary, then 18 and an amateur standout, was one of only two Irish winners on the Rathfriland boxing team that ...

There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin ...

From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet ...

Leinster 36; Stormers 12 Leinster have found the South African clubs something of a handful since they entered this URC ...

Just in case we were thinking of writing Kilkenny off post-Cody, they showed up in a real humdinger of a game against ...

The death has taken place of New York and Kerry's Gerry O'Shea, Irish Echo columnist and tireless advocate for the ...