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Saint Brigid was working in Ireland at a time “when Christianity was a relatively new and foreign religion.” That’s one of the few things, writes a...

You know, it’s great when an album shows up that’s made by a group of extraordinarily talented young people who share a vision for how traditional ...

The podcast has brought about an audio renaissance. The same was said two decades ago about the weblog, AKA blogs, and text, and for the same reaso...

The W.B. Yeats Society of New York will host a joint program, “Yeats vs Shaw’s ‘John Bull’s Other Island,’” with the Gingold Theatrical Group at Ar...

Carlene O’Connor has taken a 180-degree turn, and her fans and the critics have taken it with her. She is the author of the Irish Village Mysteries...

“Celtic Cross’s singer Katherine Fee provided one of the evening’s classiest moments was she asked for everyone in the house who had worked on Ceol...

Anyone who survived Leaving Cert Irish probably came across “Dialann Deoraí” (“Diary of an Exile”) as a required text. It was a remarkable book by ...

Few can disagree that Irish writing has been thriving as never before, and in just about every fictional genre and category. Two Irish Times opinio...

Serious tea drinkers and wellness enthusiasts celebrate “National Hot Tea Month” in January. During the month, many extol the virtues of tea drinki...

Eighty years on from the end of the Civil War in 2003 — to my mind — there didn't seem to be much about it in terms of public conversation, coverag...

Congratulations to WFUV’s “Ceol na nGael” radio program, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend with a gala concert at Symphony Spa...

A Mass will be celebrated on St. Brigid’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 1, at St. Brigid-St. Emeric Parish Church, 123 Avenue B, at East 8th Street, Manhatta...