Culture
Ireland's vibrant culture - from Irish customs and traditions, language, music, art, film and literature, Irish cuisine, and more.
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This is the oldest known photo of an Irish Famine survivor
Dracula, the banshee and the jack-o’-lantern all began as Irish nightmares
WATCH: Ireland's former state pathologist investigates the country's last witch trial
Nicola Coughlan explores toxic masculinity in gritty Florence Pugh-approved drama
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Willie the Wisp, the banshee and the Halloween Wexford still remembers
Turnip lanterns, false faces and a bin bag for a costume, Halloween in Ireland
From "Dracula" to killer leprechauns, the Irish horror films to watch this Halloween
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Craic
Ten monsters Ireland gave the world, from Dracula to the Mayo vampire
The Irish men we think deserve People's Sexiest Man Alive
Do you have news from your Irish community? Share it with our global audience
Turnip lanterns, false faces and a bin bag for a costume, Halloween in Ireland
The bonfires and black cats the Irish used to keep the fairies away on Samhain
Entertainment
LISTEN: Back on the Aran Islands with MacDara Ó Conaola
LISTEN: Ireland’s greatest seanchaí has the scary Halloween stories you have never heard
WATCH: Ireland's former state pathologist investigates the country's last witch trial
The Irish men we think deserve People's Sexiest Man Alive
Nicola Coughlan explores toxic masculinity in gritty Florence Pugh-approved drama
Food & Drink
A Donegal chef’s pumpkin pie with a ginger nut base and a shot of Irish whiskey
The barmbrack cocktail that turns Ireland’s Halloween bread into a whiskey nightcap
The Limerick chef who poured whiskey into coffee and invented a global classic
The Halloween loaf that starts with a mug of tea and a bowl of dried fruit
The story behind the iconic Guinness Christmas ad still our favourite after 22 years
Education
Say trick or treat as Gaeilge with 30 Irish words to use this Halloween
The Irish language was banned and fined out of public life but never died
Ireland's tricolour was woven in French silk and flew for just eight days in 1848
1,000-year-old manuscript recording St. Patrick's Ireland goes on display in Cork
Enoch Burke returns to school for new academic year
Events
