The Irish Legend of the Seal Women and Why Some Families Still Check Their Children’s Fingers
There are stretches of the Irish coastline where old people will warn you not to look a seal in the eye. Not out of superstition …
There are stretches of the Irish coastline where old people will warn you not to look a seal in the eye. Not out of superstition …
On a hill above Dublin, visible on clear days from the city below, sits a roofless stone building that nobody has comfortably owned for 300 …
The uilleann pipes are Ireland’s most complex instrument — played sitting down, with drones and regulators. Here’s why they take 21 years to master.
Before a rural Irish wedding, a formal letter went to every house in the parish. It was not an invitation — it was a notice. Discover the Irish bidding wedding tradition and the community debt it created.
Sean’s Bar in Athlone has been open since 900 AD. Discover why the world’s oldest pub is hidden in Ireland’s midlands — and how to visit it.
Discover the ancient legend of Tír na nÓg — the Irish warrior who found eternal paradise and lost everything the moment he came home. A timeless story of longing.
Bullaun stones sit in Irish fields and ancient monasteries, untouched for centuries. These ancient Irish cursing stones carry rituals of harm and healing that locals still respect today.
Before phones, before radio, before email — there was the letter.
An Illinois woman finally met and fell in love with…