Originally an end-of-summer event when it debuted in August of 2019, the Rockport Celtic Festival has since become a ...

For Shane Kilmartin, living every moment of his J-1 visa to the fullest was a non-negotiable. As a third-year mechanical ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more fitting but controversial symbol of Boston Irish success this or any St. Patrick’s Day. As a recent drive past the site affirmed, it still stands in Jamaica Plain ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

I will always be indebted to the late Congressman Brian Donnelly. His initiative and legislative skill created a visa lottery program that helped me and around 25,000 other Irish people obtain ...

At first glance, a theatrical collaboration between the acclaimed Irish playwright, screenwriter and director Conor McPherson, and American music legend Bob Dylan might appear an unlikely partnership.

When Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O’Brien started FoodCloud in Dublin 10 years ago the pitch was to environmentalism, frugality, and eliminating waste. But in today’s Ireland, with steep cost of living ...

In June 1847, Boston simmered with political, cultural, and religious unrest. A crisis was unfolding along Boston’s docks. Leaking, lurching vessels aptly dubbed “coffin ships” unloaded hordes of ...

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 ...

Celebrating 35 years on the road, acclaimed Irish rock band The Saw Doctors will play five US shows this summer, starting in Cleveland, OH, on July 18, with stops along the way in Chicago on July 19, ...