How to Find Which Irish Port Your Ancestors Left From
Find out which Irish port your ancestors left from — Cobh, Derry, Dublin or Belfast — using free ship records and genealogy resources. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Find out which Irish port your ancestors left from — Cobh, Derry, Dublin or Belfast — using free ship records and genealogy resources. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the best things to do in County Offaly — from Clonmacnoise monastery to Birr Castle Demesne and Leap Castle, Ireland’s most haunted building — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the best things to do in County Louth — from Viking Drogheda and medieval Carlingford to the Battle of the Boyne and Monasterboice — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover what the patterns on Irish dancing dresses really mean — from Celtic knots to spirals — and why competition costumes can cost thousands of pounds.
Irish set dancing is the social group dance that shaped rural Ireland — and nearly vanished. Here’s the surprising story of how it survived.
Learn how to make a classic Vienna Bread at home — a soft, enriched white loaf with a golden crackly crust, baked with steam for a proper bakery finish. Full recipe from The Irish Baker Abroad.
The bodhrán may be the most controversial instrument in Irish traditional music. Its origins are disputed, its name is debated — and yet no session sounds right without it.
Dulse is the ancient Irish seaweed that coastal families have harvested for centuries. Discover its history, traditions, and why it’s making a remarkable comeback.
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Every now and then in old Ireland, a musician would go missing…