In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is Sheelah’s Day, in commemoration of the woman who many believe to ...

One-party rule by Ulster unionists, Watkins writes, left Catholics with “few jobs, poor housing and threadbare resources.” In ...

She is the 2025 Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen's University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Author of ...

For me, it was Mangan’s pride in his Irish roots that shone through. He recalled long, happy summers in Mayo when the last ...

Located off the coast of West Cork on the southwestern-most coast of Ireland, between Schull Harbour, Roaringwater Bay and ...

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin told Trump during the shamrock ceremony at the White House that "Irish Americans have lived the American dream." ...

EVERYBODY’s Irish on St Patrick’s Day – but for some world leaders that saying is a little bit truer. Dozens of our ...

It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the ...