Talent takes to the stage
Mairi Hughes
SLIGO-rooted band Dervish took to the stage of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on a well-attended Sunday evening for their gig at this year’s Celtic Connections festival. It...
Fine Gael’s commemoration folly
Patrick Donohoe
IT IS often said that an elephant never forgets. Whether that is true or not I don’t know, but the Irish no doubt would give them a run...
An t-Earrach tagtha agus tús nua
Éimhín Ó Dunaigh
Oifigeach Forbartha, Conradh Na Gaeilge, Glaschú
ANOIS teacht an earraigh mar a deir dán de chuid Ó Raifteirí! Lá Fhéile Bríde agus Imbolc sona daoibh uilig a chairde....
Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert hits all the right notes
THE now traditional celebration of Irish music and song took place again in January as the 21st Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert was held in Glasgow.
The concert began with a...
Irish boxers enjoying new Celtic connection
Mick Kane
BOXING in Ireland has been going through a difficult spell. Despite the likes of Katie Taylor, Michael Conlan and Jono Carroll being involved in big shows in the...
Gweedore’s priest was gung-ho for justice
John Joe McGinley
IN THE parish of Gweedore on the Wild Atlantic Way, a man of faith who fought for the rights of his parishioners against unjust foreign landlords is...