Out & About

Out & About

I hope you are all ready because it’s all happening in the next couple of weeks. Yes, I do mean the whole Saint Patrick’s Day season that starts right now; oh, I love it. There are plenty of county dinner...
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Out & About

Out & About

Yes, it’s that time again, when we get to meet friends that we have not seen for over a year. We have parades, county and organization dinner dances, concerts and Irish plays for everyone’s enjoyment over the whole Saint Patrick’s...
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Out & About

Out & About

Wow! What a game! The Super Bowl that was played last Sunday in Minneapolis featured two veteran contenders, the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, who had never won a Super Bowl until this Sunday. The underdogs won and...
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Altan Announces Tour And New Album

Altan Announces Tour And New Album

After thirty years of playing on stages all over the world from Dublin to New York, Tokyo to Sydney, the premier traditional Irish band, Altan came back to the hills of Donegal to record their new album, ‘The Gap of...
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Celtic Woman’s New CD/DVD ‘Homecoming’ is Out Now

Celtic Woman’s New CD/DVD ‘Homecoming’ is Out Now

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O’Hara To Be Honored With Oscar Wilde Award

O’Hara To Be Honored With Oscar Wilde Award

Catherine O’Hara joins Mark Hamill, Paula Malcomson and Barry Keoghan as a recipient of a US-Ireland Alliance Oscar Wilde Award. The event will be held on 1 March at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot in Santa Monica. Trina Vargo, founder and...
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Out & About

Out & About

I was at the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens (297 Willis Avenue, Mineola; (516) 746-9392) to see Betty McLaughlin receiving the honor as the New Mayo Society President. I have to hand it to this woman who...
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Actor Liam Neeson Gives Power to Crime Thriller ”The Commuter”

Actor Liam Neeson Gives Power to Crime Thriller ”The Commuter”

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, and Sam Neill Stately actor Liam Neeson should give any male senior hope and pause. He still looks good, carries himself with sufficient swagger...
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Out & About

Out & About

I have the sad news to report that we have lost another of our best known bar and restaurant owners over the weekend in Larry King, who also was a popular member of the late United Restaurant and Tavern Owners...
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CraicFest Drops The Gloves Opening Night!

CraicFest Drops The Gloves Opening Night!

Rivalry City the hockey documentary based on the on ice feud between the FDNY v NYPD hockey teams in New York City will open the 20th Craic Fest – a two-week festival that runs from March 3 to March 10....
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