At the height of the Covid quarantine, playwright-composer Alex Bechtel was separated from his partner. She was in Boston; he ...

Cassidy McNeeley In the ring, Katie Taylor is a beast, but beyond the final bell, she is more than a boxer; she’s an ...

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Shannon Airport St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday Traffic Up 14% on 2025 24,000 passengers set to travel through the airportShannon Airport is set to welcome over 24,000 passengers across the upcoming ...

Despite rainy skies, Suffolk Downs was buzzing with energy this past weekend as the inaugural Seisiún Festival brought together fans of Irish music from across Boston and beyond. The two-day festival ...

Jon Cronin is universally described as a calming presence, as generous financially as he is unflappable in temperament and not afraid to “show up” and work in the trenches for the many causes he ...

When it comes to the immigrants of yesteryear – especially Irish immigrants to America’s shores –historical distortions and outright lies abound. A huge number of Irish Americans refuse to accept any ...

2023 is a landmark year for Boston-area quintet Scottish Fish, which is commemorating its first decade as one of the most energetic and creative acts to take root in the local Celtic music scene this ...

It seems appropriate in this holiest of seasons to draw special attention to the incredibly detailed and brilliant stained glass windows designed and created by Irish artist Harry Clarke at the ...

Recent presidential election campaigns in Ireland, in contrast with general, local, and European contests, have been nasty and often replete with ad hominem attacks. The candidates are uniformly ...

The accompanying article was first published in the Boston Irish Reporter in the summer of 2004. Its focus was a new book by Susan Gedutis that spoke to a time in the city’s history when Irish music ...

“Black ‘47” – just two words at first glance. In all of Ireland’s history, however, few phrases resonate with such horror. As peasant families in all corners of Ireland struggled to survive in the ...