On Saturday, August 1, President of the Eire Society of Boston, Tom Mackey, will set off on a 105-mile journey running from ...

Ireland’s prime minister— the Taoiseach—has confirmed that he will travel to Washington next month for a St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. It’s a diplomatic rite that reflects both the bonds ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are fiddle duet albums, and then there are magnum opus-level fiddle duet albums. On “Brightly or Darkly,” the second recording by Boston-area musicians Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, their ...

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 ...

Back in early 2020, we had tickets to see Christy Dignam, the legendary lead singer of the ‘80s and ‘90s band Aslan, play at the Olympia. Then the pandemic hit, and everything everywhere was canceled.

Singer John McDermott was in Boston during the St. Patrick’s activities last month, a brief overnight stay at the Seaport Hotel- “My home away from home”- between gigs in Salisbury and Scituate. A ...

Seisiún, an Irish music and cultural gathering, will be presented at The Stage at Suffolk Downs on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025, in partnership with The Bowery Presents, Liam ...

Editor’s note: When Boston Irish Reporter publisher Ed Forry approached Kevin Cullen about accepting a Boston Irish Honors award for his exemplary career in journalism, Kevin told Ed that he would ...