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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Murphy |P.J. Cunningham
Back in the Penal Law days education in Ireland was proceeding along parallel lines.
These lines were wide apart; very wide indeed. In terms of their separation, in extremis so to speak, you would have a son of the gentry reading Ovid and Livy in the cloistered world of Trinity College Dublin.
Out in the countryside you would have a son, or daughter, of a landless tenant learning on the ground behind a rock or a hedge. A book would have been a luxury.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Gerry Adams |Anthony Murphy
The Ellington, 105th Street and Broadway -- Full of spring and the joy of life, a throng gathered to speak and sing, to carouse a little, regardless of the ongoing nonsense outside the doors.
We need this, our voices to be heard, and the room was packed once more with a community that binds itself with creativity and expressions of love and support, but not without some fight.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
irishecho.com | Mike Houlihan |Anthony Murphy |Ray O'Hanlon |Peter J. McDermott
Jack O’Connell worked many stints as a barman during his life, and he played one several times on TV and in the movies.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Murphy |Anthony Neeson
Photo of the Day: Nikita Hand reads a statement to reporters outside the High Court in Dublin today after Conor McGregor was found liable in a High Court civil case for sexually assaulting her in a Dublin hotel in December, 2018. The jury awarded Hand €248,603.60 in damages, including general damages and loss of earnings, while rejecting aggravated or exemplary damages. McGregor, who denied the allegations, was present in court with family members.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Murphy |Anthony Neeson
The Irish Arts Center has honored three-time Academy Award winner and 21-time nominee Meryl Streep at its 25th Annual Spirit of Ireland Gala.
The Gala, held at Pier 60 in Manhattan, heard of Streep’s astonishing artistry and cultural influence.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Mike Houlihan |Anthony Murphy
Dad’s friend Derek was a keen gardener. He only had a small patch to grow on, like all of us on the estate. My dad had planted potatoes and strawberries, easy stuff to grow. We did have an old poplar tree in the middle of the back garden though, so we were more limited.
Derek’s tastes were tangier. The rhubarb plant is also not so difficult to grow in the tricky climes of the English Northwest, but no one else was trying it on our street.
Marrows and carrots yes, but rhubarb?
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Sean Creedon |Anthony Murphy
Next Sunday is the first of September and traditionally the first Sunday in September was the date for the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park. But how things have changed in the GAA in recent years; this year’s hurling final was played on July 21, over a month ago.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Sean Creedon |Anthony Murphy
Mickey Harte, a man who certainly believes in old values, has a new job, just a few weeks after quitting Derry. The three-time All-Ireland winner with Tyrone will co-manage the Offaly senior football team next year along with current manager Declan Kelly. Last week the Offaly Football Management Review Committee recommended the appointment of Harte in the joint management position. Offaly chairman Michael Duignan said: ‘‘I am delighted Mickey has come on board with Declan Kelly.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Anthony Murphy
A pleasant high summer’s evening saw a great turnout for a mid-August salon at The Ellington in uptown Manhattan. Tonight’s host was Katharine McNair, an accomplished writer and director for stage and screen, and now a warm and welcoming emcee.
To start things off Katharine introduced Mark William Butler to the audience. Mark is a playwright and composer and a longtime member of the IAW&A.
