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Think your Thanksgiving is chaotic? Meet the Irish play that sparked a riot

Think your Thanksgiving is chaotic? Meet the Irish play that sparked a riot

John Millington Synge’s "The Playboy of the Western World" stages a family reunion so disastrous that the Abbey audience rioted on opening night.

Cycling into a Sligo gale explains why Ireland never stops talking about weather Armistice Day: The young doctor who went to war as Ireland changed around him Irish theater review: "Parcel from America" at Theater Row in NYC

Derry or Londonderry, the argument over the name began in 1613

Derry or Londonderry, the argument over the name began in 1613

A royal charter issued under King James renamed the city on the Foyle, but the longer version slipped out of everyday use for well over a century before the Troubles turned it into a test of identity.

The GAA turns 142! The Irish identity still runs through its games

The GAA turns 142! The Irish identity still runs through its games

AOH leader slams British bid to block Seán Brown public inquiry

AOH leader slams British bid to block Seán Brown public inquiry

Ohio man gripped rescue rope in his teeth as waves pounded Aran Islands ledge

Ohio man gripped rescue rope in his teeth as waves pounded Aran Islands ledge

You can still recognize a dead man’s hands in Ireland’s old stone walls

You can still recognize a dead man’s hands in Ireland’s old stone walls

On this day in 1969 Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize he never wanted

On this day in 1969 Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize he never wanted

My father sang "Loch Lomond" to his grandchildren in his final days

My father sang "Loch Lomond" to his grandchildren in his final days

More emigrants left Derry in 1883 than in the worst year of the Great Hunger

More emigrants left Derry in 1883 than in the worst year of the Great Hunger

What it really takes to turn a Kerry house into your Irish dream home

What it really takes to turn a Kerry house into your Irish dream home

Planning your first trip to Ireland? Leave room for the wrong turns

Planning your first trip to Ireland? Leave room for the wrong turns

Saint Patrick and the publican: A fantastic challenge in Connemara

Saint Patrick and the publican: A fantastic challenge in Connemara