I had to wonder what my grandmother would have thought had she been at the meeting. Her family and neighbours in the townlands and islands of south Connemara had been closely studied by the ...

Irish singer Mary Coughlan woke up in New Zealand earlier this week to learn of the death of her fellow Galwegian Dolores ...

As the celebrated Dublin writer’s anniversary falls within Seachtain na Gaeilge, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire salutes his work in ...

Sligo Live Festival add Traditional Irish music legend, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Band to this Autumn’s festival lineup, running from October 17th to November 1st this year. Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Band, ...

From visiting Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s grave to hitting a favourite K-drama location Jumunjin Beach and hunting ...

Here's what's going on in Toales Live Venue and Rock Bar on Crowe Street in Dundalk next week. Thursday 26th March - Fireside ...

The Folk Album of the Year Award has unveiled Barry Kerr as its first prize winner for Curlew’s Cry .The Irish artist, from ...

Mel Brooks admitted without begrudgement that the Irish have a congenial way with words, and, if he’s heard “On Raglan Road” set to the “Dawning of the Day,” he knows the Irish have a way with a ...

As the dust settles on another action-packed St Patrick’s weekend, we take a look back at some of the highlights of Kilkenny ...

Today, Edinburgh Tradfest has announced full details of its 2026 programme of traditional music, film, storytelling, ...

It's time to enjoy the quartet's new single "GO" alongside four other hot tracks that includes collaborators like Coldplay's Chris Martin, Diplo, EJAE, Cirkut and more. By Jeff Benjamin It was one ...

Bruno Mars is perhaps pop music’s greatest creature of reinvention. Since his 2010 debut, the singer-songwriter has evolved on the genre’s main stage from a supple young crooner with stars in his eyes ...