How do you say Merry Christmas in Irish? Learn Nollaig shona duit and daoibh, the longer greetings, New Year wishes and how to use each one in a card.
One of the most-shared Irish blessings — ‘May luck be your friend in whatever you do’ — its origins, what the words really mean, and why it still travels the world.
Classic Irish Christmas pudding with Guinness, Irish whiskey and dried fruit. Make it weeks ahead, feed it, steam it and flame it at the table.
The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre sits beneath its grass-covered roof. Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Ireland Buried a €31.5 Million …
The Jim Larkin monument on O’Connell Street, Dublin, by sculptor Oisín Kelly. Photo: Frabjousone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Horse-Power Hour At roughly seven …
Tony Webster from San Francisco, California via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Drive the back roads of Clare, Meath or Donegal and you will pass …
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The Reading Room at the National Library of Ireland. Photo: PineTreeBlues, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons If you’re planning a Dublin trip this autumn, here’s one …
The Reading Room at the National Library of Ireland. Photo: PineTreeBlues, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons If you’re heading to Dublin this month, here’s one for …
Autumn is a good time to look for minke whales, humpbacks and dolphins off Ireland’s west and south coasts. Here is where to look and how to check recent sightings.
Photo: Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) If you’re planning an autumn trip to Ireland, Savour Kilkenny just gave you a reason to …