Micheál Martin visits Irish centre providing home away from home in New York

The centre in Queens is vital to people who emigrated from Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s

Music provided by Cork men Donie Carroll and Máirtín de Cogain was recognised by the Tánaiste who took the opportunity to let the crowd know that Máirtín, a regular at the centre, featured in the famous film The Wind that Shakes the Barley.

A warm Irish welcome awaited Tánaiste Micheál Martin when visiting Queens on the third day of his New York trip to mark the St Patrick's Day festivities.

Although thousands of miles from his home county, Mr Martin managed to bump into a few Cork faces at the New York Irish Center.