On August 12, 1796, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, received its first prisoners. We look back at some of the famous figures in Irish history who have been held captive within its walls.
Waylon Gary White Deer of the Choctaw First Nation led the 170th-anniversary walk of the Great Famine and 1848 Rising in Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary. He noted that the 170 years paralleled the 170 dollars his people sent to the Irish in their hour of need.
Donald Trump mocked the Irish classic “Danny Boy” during an Ohio rally. It was just the latest diss for a song that should be taken far more seriously as an Irish and world classic.
This weekend Killorglin, in County Kerry, celebrates the annual 2018 Puck Fair, a fun family festival with oodles of entertainment but this County Kerry party weekend has its roots in Ireland's pagan past.
There was no way the Irish could stay out of the debate over historical monuments and memory but should Irish America chose which Irish "heroes" we celebrate?
Irish people once buried horse skulls beneath the floors of their homes. The reason for the strange practice has been debated by archaeologists and folklorists.
A tribute to the goddess Tailtiu, the games were instituted by Lú (Lugh, member of the Tuatha Dé Danann), who wished to honor the death of his foster mother with a celebration of Irish culture and strength.
The former government official and military officer asked just months before 9/11. If it would take an attack on the Pentagon before the threat of al-Qaeda was properly addressed. Sheehan passed away on Monday, July 30, aged 63.
The European Research Council have provided funding of €1.5 million for a study which plans to unearth what ancient Irish people ate before the potato came to Ireland.
Three months prior to her death, Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. That now legendary performance led to what is believed to be the only known photograph of Monroe and Kennedy together.
