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Shanachie founders Daniel Michael Collins left his mark on New York’s Irish music scene

Irish dance diet six months in, practice pays off - PHOTO

Friends and fans hold an Irish wake for Mickey Finns’ front man Ray Kelly

Brian Tracey on bongos playing with Jameson's Revenge. On Sunday night, a throng of people from far and wide packed Connolly’s Klub 45 room in Times S ...

by Mike Farragher 0

Boston Irish Festival Band Highlights

Searson The ICC is excited to announce more of its exciting festival performers! On Saturday night, we have the hugely talented sister group Searson, compri ...

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Congratulations Spring 2013 Home Health Aide Graduates, Teachers and Musicians

We had a wonderful Graduation Party on Tuesday at our Quincy venue, Hancock Park, in Quincy Center. This was our 15th Course to graduate with over 460 home health aides being trained since 2009 and over 83% of these all getting ...

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The top ten Irish movies of all time to make you laugh and cry - VIDEOS

10. "Waking Ned Devine" - Charming comedy set in a tiny, rural Irish town. When lottery winner Ned Devine is found dead - lottery... ...

by MEGHAN SWEENEY 29

New Irish stamp features Irish teen’s short story about Dublin

A new 60c Irish stamp was commissioned to commemorate UNESCO naming Dublin as a permanent city of literature in 2010. On the stamp is an entire 224 word short story meant to “capture the essence” of Dublin, penned by ...

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New Jersey Fleadh weekend a huge success

Pearl River 2013 under-12 ceili band at the Parsippany Fleadh. (Photos by Sean Conway) Parsippany, New Jersey -- In last week’s column we ex ...

by Paul Keating 0

Gaelic Storm among the great performers at this year's Gaelic Park’s Irish Festival in Chicago

Something for everyone at Gaelic Park’s Irish Festival in Chicago

It's a holiday weekend and you don't want to travel. Where can you go for a wide variety of great entertainment, unlimited free carnival rides, kids entertainment, free parking, athletic exhibitions, theatre, dance and animal exhi ...

by JANE WALSH 2

In twilight years and refusing to go quietly - 'These Halcyon Days' at The Irish Arts Center - VIDEO

Anita Reeves and Stephen Brennan star in These Halcyon DaysIt seems that the most vital voices in Irish playwriting currently belong to women. For proof stop by the Irish Arts Center in New York this weekend and catch 'These Halcy ...

by Cahir O'Doherty 0

Dublin designer creates map capturing locations, landmarks, businesses from James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’

Dubin designer Rachel Kerr has come up with a unique way to celebrate this year’s Bloomsday which takes place on Sunday 4 June. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 1

The Irish Youth Choir performing at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

Kilkennny Arts Festival to showcase exciting mix of music, theatre, dance and visual arts - VIDEO

August 2013 will see the 40th Kilkenny Arts Festival bring an exciting mix of Irish and International music, theatre, dance, craft, visual arts, literature and more to the medieval city located in the South-East of Ireland. ...

by JANE WALSH 0

Make an appointment with temptation with ‘Love Therapy’ Off-Broadway

Starring Irish American Alison Fraser, “Love Therapy” examines what happens in session when fantasy becomes reality. The play now showing at the DR2 Theatre, in New York City, looks behind the closed doors of therapist Colleen Fit ...