Origin’s Theater Company’s Annual Fundraiser Sets the Stage for 2025’s 1st Irish Festival
January 29, 2025 No Responses

Origin’s Theater Company’s Annual Fundraiser Sets the Stage for 2025’s 1st Irish Festival

Origin’s Theater Company’s annual fundraiser event in The American Irish Historical Society (991, 5th Avenue) took place Thursday, January 23rd, 2025. For over 20 years Origin Theatre Company has provided a space in NYC for Irish and Irish inspired theater artists.
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Celebrating The Fureys in the Hopes That The Group Will Tour in The States Again
June 29, 2024 No Responses

Celebrating The Fureys in the Hopes That The Group Will Tour in The States Again

[Photo courtesy of The Fureys] Music Report by Paddy McCarthy Yes, The Fureys are alive and well. When I say “alive,” I mean that they are touring all over Ireland. And the group will be in Scotland and England during...
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The Paintings of Artist Marianne Kuhn-Huntington Offer Evocative Images of Ireland and Make for Perfect Gifts
February 19, 2024 No Responses

The Paintings of Artist Marianne Kuhn-Huntington Offer Evocative Images of Ireland and Make for Perfect Gifts

licked onward through further exploration of her website, I discovered a plethora of impressionistic images of Ireland. My first thought was what a wonderful way to take a trip, real or imagined. 
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CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March
February 22, 2023 No Responses

CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March

“The Ghost of Richard Harris” Preview by Brad Balfour CraicFest 25February 24 & March 2-4Various Locations While working as a doorman at Club Macanudo in 1999, native Irish New Yorker Terence Mulligan met famed director Jim Sheridan. As a result,...
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Martin Mcdonagh’s Latest Ode to Peculiar People, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wins Awards And Endless Accolades
January 12, 2023 No Responses

Martin Mcdonagh’s Latest Ode to Peculiar People, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wins Awards And Endless Accolades

When producer and Blueprint Pictures co-founder Graham Broadbent received Martin McDonagh’s script for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” he knew he had his next McDonagh movie. Broadbent and the Irish playwright previously made “In Bruges”...
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Director/Writer Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” Contains Multitudes, Garners Lots of Accolades and a Miniature Donkey
December 21, 2022 No Responses

Director/Writer Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” Contains Multitudes, Garners Lots of Accolades and a Miniature Donkey

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell Review by Brad Balfour Film: “The Banshees of Inisherin”Director: Martin McDonaghCast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan With awards season looming, one movie is copping lots of noms and early awa...
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A Unique Streaming Service Helps Alleviate Suffering of Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones During the Pandemic and Beyond
July 31, 2021 No Responses

A Unique Streaming Service Helps Alleviate Suffering of Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones During the Pandemic and Beyond

Feature by Brad Balfour During the pandemic lockdown, various technologies came to the rescue. Many felt they couldn’t survive without their devices, phones or laptops. Streaming services reigned supreme and Amazon provided every product possible. So Christo...
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Celebrating Irish Music and Culture at The Milwaukee Irish Fest This August
July 31, 2021 No Responses

Celebrating Irish Music and Culture at The Milwaukee Irish Fest This August

Preview by Brad Balfour Milwaukee Irish Fest August 20 – 22, 2021 Henry Maier Festival Park 200 N Harbor Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Although Boston and New York are often thought of as THE American centers of Irish diaspora life,...
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An Unresolved Murder In West Cork Still Keeps Audiences Intrigued 25 Years Later
July 7, 2021 No Responses

An Unresolved Murder In West Cork Still Keeps Audiences Intrigued 25 Years Later

  Story by Brad Balfour When Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found murdered on December 23rd, 1996, near her holiday home in Drinane, near Schull, County Cork, Ireland, it shocked not only the county but the country. It had been...
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Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More

Q&A by Brad Balfour By now, it’s a familiar story. Due to the pandemic lockdown, bands and performers found themselves frozen out of live venues and were in danger of being driven out of the business entirely. For upstaters Oona...
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