Irish Culture, Fun and Entertainment

Events

Learn Irish culture and language with the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School

The Irish Fest Summer School registration is open and anyone in the world can sign-up and join their range of online Irish-themed classes.

History

How Irish Famine immigrants changed the city of Baltimore

In the last article of our series, we explore how Irish Famine immigrants changed life in Baltimore and created a lasting legacy in the American city they called their new home.

Culture

Resources to help you learn and understand the Irish language

We have compiled a list of easy ways you can learn Ireland's official language, Gaeilge, and some of the measures you can use to integrate the language into your life!

Education

How to choose which Irish instrument to learn how to play

From the guitar to the bodhrán, here are the pros and cons of learning how to play different Irish instruments!

Entertainment

Luke Kelly of The Dubliners most popular songs

Luke Kelly, Irish singer and folk musician of The Dubliners, was one of Ireland's most beloved singers.

History

WATCH: A summertime swimming gala in Dublin nearly a century ago

Historic newsreel featured by the Irish Film Institute shows the annual Sandycove Gala and Dun Laoghaire Regatta in full swing in summertime 1923.

Culture

WATCH: Irish music group honors 9/11 anniversary with stirring performance

Ardú, an award-winning vocal music group from Ireland, has released a new version of "The Phoenix" ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Cahir O'Doherty

Irish arts and artists are thriving worldwide

From Sally Rooney's newest novel, Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell filming together again - Irish arts are thriving.

Entertainment

Irish language Great Hunger film "Arracht" to get the Hollywood treatment

The Irish language film "Arracht" has been optioned by an Oscar-winning producer Greg Shapiro and his Kingsgate Films to get remade in English in the US.

Cahir O'Doherty

Closure of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum is a scandal beyond belief

"It is time for the Irish and their descendants too to step forward to protect their own origin story and with that their understanding of themselves."

News

AOH in "disbelief" following offensive Fighting Irish Leprechaun "media frenzy"

The Ancient Order of Hibernians has published a statement in the aftermath of claims that the University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Leprechaun mascot is offensive.

Entertainment

August Irish podcast roundup: Seriously addictive listens

This month we have a mixture of some classic Irish podcasts and some new ones that have hit the airwaves in the last year.

History

The amazing story behind the Irish ballad “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen”

It is one of the most significant and beloved Irish songs ever written but “I’ll Take You Home Kathleen” is not of Irish origin.

Craic

You know you were brought up by Irish parents if…

Having Irish parents is certainly a unique experience!

Craic

WATCH: Irish woman falls asleep, wakes up in locked Tipperary pub

Irish woman Emma Choptiany shared on TikTok her hilarious experience of falling asleep and getting locked inside her local pub in Tipperary.

Craic

International Dog Day: Ireland's most famous dog breeds

The Irish love dogs, from wolfhounds to terriers! We celebrate man's best friend.

Culture

WATCH: Peter O’Toole describe what being Irish means in the most beautiful way

"Everything I think of is colored by its history, by its literature, by its people, by its geography," O'Toole told American TV host Charlie Rose in a 1994 interview.

Events

Competition: Win a hotel stay and weekend pass to Pittsburgh Irish Festival 2021

Enter our giveaway and be in a chance of winning a weekend pass to the Pittsburgh Irish Festival and a two night stay at the Courtyard Marriott Pittsburgh Waterfront.

Education

More than a million people are learning Irish on Duolingo

A recent report listed Irish as the 16th most popular language to learn on the app, which has been downloaded more than 500 million times.

News

Notre Dame defends "offensive" Fighting Irish Leprechaun mascot

Notre Dame says their Fighting Irish Leprechaun mascots, voted as "offensive" in a recent survey, "stand as celebratory representations of a genuine Irish heritage."

Entertainment

WATCH: Syrian celebrates his Irish citizenship with "Whiskey in the Jar" cover

Zack Abasi, a native of Syria who has been living in Ireland since 2015, celebrated his Irish citizenship with Thin Lizzy's 'Whiskey in the Jar.'

News

Shock as Quinnipiac University to close Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

Quinnipiac University is working on plans to move Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum collection elsewhere - or, as most see it, to break it up, which would be a real tragedy.

Culture