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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Peter J. McDermott
Watching Over Molly News May 06, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Pic of Day: Stewards have been stationed beside Dublin’s iconic Molly Malone statue as part of a new pilot scheme by Dublin City Council aimed at deterring inappropriate touching of the bronze sculpture, following longstanding concerns over tourists groping the figure for photos. Photo by Leah Farrell/ RollingNews.ie.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Peter J. McDermott
The East Durham Irish Festival, one of the longest-running in the U.S., is celebrating its 48th year in 2025.
And this year's Memorial Day weekend festival is lining up "non stop Irish performers" on four stages Saturday and Sunday May 24 and 25, and a Friday free festival kick off sing song session at 6 p.m.
Michael English, I Draw Slow, the Prodigals, Irish Lassies and over 20 bands and performers are the ingredients for a rousing Irish Music Experience, said a release from organizers.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Peter J. McDermott
Asked what his book “Flight of the Eternal Emperor” is about, James Rogers replied, “Atonement on the part of Jeseque, fear of death on the part of Destlar.”
Well, we’re glad that’s been cleared up.
By way of elaboration, the author added that Destlar, the Eternal Emperor of the title, is “as demented as Hitler, as paranoid as Stalin, as powerful as Saruman.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Peter J. McDermott
Limerick 0-28; Waterford 0-22
They’re not quite the imperious Limerick of the last six years but after running out of gas last year, the green tank at least is full again and John Kiely is driving a better vehicle than what he had at his disposal this time last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Peter J. McDermott |Daniel Neely
A couple things to mention this week. First, I was over at the New York Irish Center in Long Island City last Friday to see Padraig Rynne, Tara Breen and Jim Murray at the as part of Don Meade’s “Blarney Star” concert series and it was incredible. The music was truly outstanding, Rynne was brilliant, both on the concertina and as the group’s leader and Breen, who spent many years playing with the Chieftains, was absolutely superb – they made for a perfect melodic pairing.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Peter J. McDermott |P.J. Cunningham
Spring Blooms News April 23, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Pic of Day: Tulips are part of the springtime flora that is blooming in the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. Photo by Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Peter J. McDermott |P.J. Cunningham
Pope Francis took his leave from us Easter Monday, hours after delivering his "Urbi et Orbi" Easter blessing to a packed St. Peter's Square.
It was, you could say, a pontifical bookend. It seemed ordained, ordered.
And yet Francis likely felt he had so much more work to do in a disordered world.
That responsibility will now fall on the shoulders of his successor, whoever he may be.
Those who have seen the movie "Conclave" have an idea as to what happens next.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Peter J. McDermott |P.J. Cunningham
Kevin Oliver Lynch once aspired to be a doctor.
Then he figured out that what he really wanted was to play one on TV – and especially in something like “Grey’s Anatomy.”
These days, he considers it his considerable good fortune to share the stage at the Irish Repertory Theatre with Kate Burton, who starred in that show.
“She was a big icon in our house,” said Lynch, who grew up in Ballinteer in Dublin.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Peter J. McDermott |Gerry Adams
I DIDN'T think Easter is almost upon us. It has crept up on me. For Irish republicans Easter holds a special significance. It is synonymous with the 1916 Easter Rising and the heroism over a century ago of those who rose up against the British Empire and declared for a Republic. It is also a time when we remember all of those women and men – over countless generations – who gave their lives in pursuit of Irish sovereignty and independence.
In the course of my activism I have travelled widely.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Peter J. McDermott |P.J. Cunningham
Donegal 0-23; Monaghan 0-21
Maybe we expected Ulster champions Donegal to walk through this like a bank holiday stroll but in the end they got a bit of a fright before emerging victorious before a crowd of more than 16,000 in Clones on Sunday.
Yes, they led from the fifth minute to the final tape and were always that bit superior but credit Monaghan with throwing telling punches - and landing - to the end of this encounter.
