Dian Cécht and Miach: The Irish Healer Who Killed His Own Son
Dian Cécht made a silver arm, then killed the son who healed better. Read the Irish legend of Miach, Airmed and 365 healing herbs, and visit the Barrow.
Dian Cécht made a silver arm, then killed the son who healed better. Read the Irish legend of Miach, Airmed and 365 healing herbs, and visit the Barrow.
Photo: neurovelho / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) A gooseberry and elderflower fool takes about 20 minutes of work and needs no oven. You cook …
Sadhbh and the deer is one of Ireland’s oldest love stories. A druid’s curse, Fionn mac Cumhaill and Ben Bulben gave us the poet Oisín.
Photo: N Chadwick / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Try the Guinness Timer ⏱️ A perfect pour takes 119.5 seconds — the rest, two minutes, …
Learn how to make traditional Irish bread pudding with stale bread, eggs, milk and raisins. A simple, thrifty recipe with tips and serving ideas.
Treacle bread is the dark, sweet soda bread that fills an Irish kitchen with warmth. Here is an easy recipe using black treacle and buttermilk, ready in about an hour.
Photo: Ethanbentley / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Poitín in Ireland: The Illegal Spirit That Came Back From the Underground Few things in Irish drinking …
Photo: Gerda Arendt / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) A Classic Recipe for Irish Trout with Almonds Few dishes speak so eloquently of Ireland’s landscape as a …
Trace your Wexford roots with this heritage guide — Dunbrody Famine Ship, Kennedy Homestead, parish records and townland research for Irish-Americans.
Every summer, thousands of Irish people climb Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, most famously on Reek Sunday, the last Sunday of July. Some walk barefoot …