On 20 March, the sun crosses the celestial equator and day equals night. It is the Spring Equinox — and for thousands of years, it …
Walk through almost any Irish village and you’ll notice a peculiar wall. Stone. Tall. Windowless. Sometimes roofed on one side, sometimes open to the sky. …
There is an island off the coast of County Sligo where the wind comes off the Atlantic in long, cold waves and the silence feels …
They’re carved into the walls of ancient Irish churches and castles, often hidden just above a doorway or tucked into a corner of crumbling stonework. …
The first time most people encounter Cú Chulainn, it is not in a classroom or a museum. It is on a pub wall in Dublin, …
Misty Irish countryside near Benbulben, County Sligo — fairy fort country — Image: Love Ireland Every now and then in old Ireland, a musician would …
In 1593, a 63-year-old Irish woman sailed up the River Thames with a small fleet of ships. She had not come to plead. She had …
Walk into almost any Irish pub and you’ll find a name that raises an eyebrow. The Gravediggers. The Bleeding Horse. The Brazen Head. These aren’t …
Ask any Irish person about the Galway Races and watch their eyes change. Something shifts — a flicker of nostalgia, a grin you can’t quite …
He was the greatest warrior Ireland had ever known — son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, legend among the Fianna. And then, one morning beside Lough …
Before television. Before radio. Before electric light reached the back roads of rural Ireland. There was the rambling house. Every townland had one — usually …