Emerald Ground Water makes dramatic Celtic freak-folk with hints of psychedelic and prog rock, and plays July 26 as part of ...

For thousands of years sirens have lured sailors, haunted coastlines—and shapeshifted through myth and media. Here's how they ...

If Irish boy names are trending, then there's a good chance Liam is leading the way.  After all, Liam - the Irish short form ...

In the hills of Donegal, the landscape that inspired Brian Friel’s timeless plays continues to echo with memory, myth, and ...

This year, the District Fringe Festival hosts a talented young performer, Erin Ellbogen, who takes us on a half-magical, half ...

When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance. In March 2025, the severed head of King George ...

The Snaefell Mountain Railway reveals the Isle of Man's forgotten tourism boom – and serves as a gateway to the seven mythological kingdoms.

The journey isabout being content with oneself – getting lost, stopping along the way, reveling in the moment, and thus discovering the people—The Irish—along the way. And to my surprise, my wife ...

I have been in Ireland this week, which is never a hardship. En route, I read exchanges in the Herald’s letters columns about the relative ...

MINISTER Dara Calleary was at Enniscoe House on Saturday to officially launch the Táin Bó Fliodhaise - Cattle Raid of Mayo Heritage Trail.

The Iron Age ring forts which dot the modern landscape have imbued in them tales of Celtic mythology based on alliances and ...

Newry is "a vibrant place to grow up and be a musician," says County Armagh student Aoibh Ní Thiománaí – who has become the ...