Irish Echo

Masterpiece from Maine duo

This week I’ve got Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson’s newest album “Once Through the Hall” in the media player. The follow up ...
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Community spotlight: St. Patrick's Day celebrations

Friends of Irish Studies in the West discuss Missoula St. Patrick's Day celebrations for March 14, 2026. Calls for revenge as senior Iranian officials appear in public for supreme leader's funeral ...
Independent.ie

'We have embraced the challenge to make it different and better than last year.' World Fiddle Day Scartaglin returns

The only rule governing the global celebration of World Fiddle Day is that it is held on the Saturday nearest to May 18. With that in mind this year's version will be held in Scartaglin and elsewhere ...
Independent.ie

'The smell of the fire was on me and I ran' - Galway fiddle player on how alcohol left him homeless in Australia at his lowest point

A Galway musician said his "toxic" relationship with alcohol and drugs drove him to his lowest point and left him homeless for seven weeks on the other side of the world. Fiddle-player Aindrias de ...