So Long Dolly
Photo of the Day: Country singer Dolly Parton, who has legions of fans in Ireland, has died at the age of 80. An icon of country music and also a s...
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Fergus is On The Road
Fergus Farrell is today somewhere in Pennsylvania. He began his marathon walk across America from the Brooklyn Bridge last Saturday, August 22. The...
North's integrated school advocates in visits to San Fran & Boston
Leaders of the Integrated Education movement in the North of Ireland will be in San Francisco and Boston next month to spread awareness of their wo...
GERRY ADAMS: Forget the background noise and keep up the work
MONDAY’S Irish Times has an editorial dealing with the possibility of the collapse of the Northern Assembly at Stormont. This is the latest media-d...
Carlow Funeral
Photo of the Day: The coffin of Jeremy O’Brien leaving the Church of the Holy Family in Askea, Carlow, followed by family and mourners after the fu...
Hudson Valley Irish Fest Returns
The Hudson Valley Irish Fest will return for its 17th annual gathering on Saturday, September 19 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. The po...
Searching for Ceramics in South Kerry
The directions to Fermoyle Pottery in Ballinskelligs, South Kerry, were vague at best. I read that it was “hidden up a narrow laneway just off the ...
Vallely's death a major loss
The world of traditional music was shaken this week with news of the passing of Eithne Vallely. A remarkable figure in Irish music, she was a music...
Parrott joins Real Betis, renewing old Irish links
Troy Parrott, the Republic of Ireland’s hat-trick hero in Budapest, is bound for the Champions League this season following his signing a five-year...
Premier League kicks off today
The 2026 World Cup finals earlier this summer means a slightly later than usual start to the EPL, which gets under way at the Emirates on this afte...
A Country Seat
Pic of Day: Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has purchased 200-year-old Strancally Castle on the banks of the River Blackwater in County Waterford. In ...
NJ Hibernians 9/11 Day of Remembrance
The New Jersey State Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians has officially declared Saturday, September 26 as its Day of Remembrance honoring nin...
Line and Light
Pic of Day: A Stena Line Ferry enters Dublin Port with the Poolbeg lighthouse in the foreground. Photo by Leah Farrell RollingNews.ie.
Walker Fergus Gains Words of Wisdom from Running Master Tom
If you want to learn at first hand - or perhaps at first foot - all there is to know about crossing America entirely under your own steam, then you...
Padraig Horan, 76
The death occurred last week of former Offaly hurler Padraig Horan at the age of 76.. He captained Offaly to their first All-Ireland hurling succes...
Mayo vs. Kerry again in November
Mayo and Kerry are planning an All-Ireland football final re-run in London in late November. The challenge game, which may have a fundraising or ch...
Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...
KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...
Shared Heritage
Pic of Day: The Women of Irish Heritage Jersey shore recently elected a new Executive Board and here they are. See report in this week's print/digi...
Catalpa Gathering at Ernie O'Malley's
Ernie O'Malley's in Manhattan will be the setting on Saturday, August 22 for a talk and fundraiser in aid of a memorial to the 1876 Catalpa rescue ...
Premier League Preview: Arsenal have slight edge
Now might be the time to get good odds on Manchester City winning the Premier League. The champions of six of the past nine seasons went down 3-0 t...
Mary Pat Kelly to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
The Irish American Writers & Artists has announced that author and filmmaker Mary Pat Kelly will receive the 2026 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achieveme...