This post describes how and why the political salience of Irish-American identity has declined enormously over the last century, and what can be learned from that experience. An excerpt: Today is St.

Galway man John Walsh of the Irish Society in Uganda has helped introduce Irish dance to children in Namuwongo, an impoverished area in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. “What great fun the kids have ...

The one constant of the troubles in Ireland, Israel, and Palestine is that the more a security solution is sought, the less secure the parties in the region become. In Ireland, it was not until the ...

Her Irish eyes are smiling, but it’s her native tongue that has captured New Yorkers’ attention. Born and raised on a farm in County Cork, Ireland, Vivienne Sayers O’Callaghan moved to Ridgewood, ...

You can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day without a bit of Irish dancing, and on Monday, you could get some lessons right from the pros. Dancers from the production of "Riverdance 30: The New Generation" ...

Irish author Naoise Dolan has hit out at Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys for ‘repeatedly refusing’ to learn Irish. The former Minister of the Gaeltacht is the Fine Gael candidate for the ...

To get a measure of how much Ireland has done right since the middle of 2010, there are many places one can look: bond yields that once tracked Greece are now at 8% compared with Greece’s 28% and GDP ...

What a pleasure it is to be able to open a book and relax into the flow of a beautifully written narrative. This is how it was with Nuala O'Faolain's bestselling memoir, Are You Somebody?, and this is ...