Brendan Behan was born in Dublin on 9 February 1923. He grew up speaking English but became fluent in Gaelic in prison. His father, painter by trade, was also an Irish republican. The Behan household ...
Celtic Canada will be singing through the streets of TO…and we want you to sing with us…. join us for the craic as we sing a favourite Irish song… Molly Malone… Going L...
Simon Coveney chose Canada – and he’s hoping Canada chooses Ireland. And, if things go his way, Fine Gael, Ireland’s ruling party, may choose him. Waiting in the departure lounge of Ottawa’s air...
Colm Wilkinson, Toronto’s Irish Person of the Year for 2017 was born in the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh in 1944. He arrived ‘somewhere in the middle’ of 10 children born into a very musical household le...
Bordered by Meath to the north, Kidare to the east, Wicklow to the south and the Irish Sea Dublin is beautifully positioned between four locations of natural beauty and majesty that make it an ideal l...
The Irish Film Festival Ottawa began as one man’s dream. Patrick Murray had volunteer experience with The Sundance Film Festival and Ottawa’s European Union Film Festival but he dreamed of more. He wa...
The Heart & Crown will be hosting their annual Irish luncheon on March 10. This is an opportunity to invite all from the Irish community to the Heart & Crown in the ByWard market. No tr...
Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017 | VisitScotland In Scotland the past seems so close you can almost feel it swirling around you. Epic landscapes were carved out by icy glaciers millennia...
New Tourism Ireland timelapse film shows Ireland’s Ancient East from sunrise to sunset! – Tourism Ireland 5,000 years of history come alive in Tourism Ireland’s latest video Tourism Ireland has ...