Culture
Ireland's vibrant culture - from Irish customs and traditions, language, music, art, film and literature, Irish cuisine, and more.
Reasons “Father Ted” was the best comedy sitcom ever
Top things I learned about Ireland after my visit
Wise words of wisdom from an Irish Mammy
New York Irish kids on what they want from Santa
Christmas adverts that will bring a tear to your eye (VIDEOS)
The magic of the tombs at Newgrange on this day the winter solstice
Irish weather is a key reason why Google moved their HQ there
Ireland’s top ten free tourist attractions (PHOTOS)
Stunning photo of fireball captured at Great Pollet Arch in Donegal
Most read
- 1 Why Queen Victoria became known as the Famine Queen and never shook the name (76 characters)
- 2 What to do when you touch down in Ireland
- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
Craic
The Halloween games Irish girls once played to find out who they would marry
Say trick or treat as Gaeilge with 30 Irish words to use this Halloween
Four Halloween games that need nothing more than apples, flour and a torch
Calling all Brigids! Irish search is on for Kildare gathering
Saint Patrick and the publican: A fantastic challenge in Connemara
Entertainment
Richard Harris turned down Dumbledore until his granddaughter threatened him
Irish language body express concern about BBC Northern Ireland cuts
LISTEN: The “secret sauce” of CIE Tours' success with Managing Director Stephen Cotter
WATCH: Joanne McNally brings Jimmy Fallon’s audience to its feet on "Tonight Show" debut
Andrew Scott could make Oscar history by competing against himself
Food & Drink
The story behind the iconic Guinness Christmas ad still our favourite after 22 years
The perfect Irish Halloween barmbrack recipe
Win a year of Irish breakfasts as Bewley's puts the full Irish pantry up for grabs
Titanic’s last dinner ran to ten courses while steerage ate gruel and cabin biscuits
Halloween began in Ireland and these ancient traditions are still with us
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
