In 1847, a people who had only just arrived in what is now Oklahoma, after the “trail of tears and death”, collected money for strangers …
Dindshenchas is the medieval “lore of places”. Learn how Boann, Sinann and Tea gave the Boyne, Shannon and Tara their names, and how to read your own family’s place names.
Living in County Meath means historic towns, the Boyne Valley and easy links to Dublin. Here is what life is really like — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
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In spring 2020, with yeast sold out across Germany, a country famous for its bread started baking ours. The Irish Times reported that “Sodabrot”, plain …
Some pubs do one thing well. Vaughan’s Bar and Restaurant in Kilfenora, County Clare, does several things very well indeed. Sitting on the green in the heart of this small but storied village — widely known as the Gateway to the Burren — Vaughan’s manages to be a traditional…
Living in County Kilkenny means a medieval city, river villages and quiet farmland. Here is what life is really like — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
On 31 December 1759, the Dublin brewer Arthur Guinness signed a lease on a disused brewery at St James’s Gate in Dublin. It ran for …
When you are looking for somewhere that genuinely delivers on food, drink, and atmosphere in the heart of Mid Ulster, the Taphouse Bar and Restaurant in Bellaghy is a name that keeps coming up. Sitting on Main Street in the historic town of Bellaghy, County Londonderry, this is…
Fintan mac Bóchra survived the flood as a salmon and lived 5,500 years. Read the Irish legend of Ireland’s oldest memory-keeper and his tie to Tara.
Living in County Galway means a lively city, the Connemara coast and the Irish language in daily life. Here is what life is really like — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.