St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and the 17th March, better known as St. Patrick’s Day, is our national holiday. Every year, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade helps to organise ove...
As we move into spring with buds starting to blossom and birds chirping happily, we can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This calls for fresh new styles and colours to brighten our day...
Armagh apples are a strong part of Irish food heritage, and have European PGI status, meaning they are specific to their geographical region. Not only that, but they’re delicious, too! Ingredients For...
Kippers & Mustard Butter…..I remember as a child going with my mother to buy kippers on the Belfast’s Newtownards Road. At the time, kippers were one of the few fish the average working clas...
To me, duck eggs were never one of those trendy ingredients – people have been eating them for years. In my childhood days, my Uncle Jack used to bring them to the house as a treat for use every now a...
Sure I’m Only Codding Ya! Famous Irish Sayings… who knows what they mean? Banjaxed – Begorrah – Cogging – Do Lally – Flahed – Lapsy pa -Loo-lah – Looper...
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. With Lady Gregory and others, he founded the Irish Literary Theatre, from which developed the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1896. His poetry inclu...
Oscar Wilde was born in Westland Row, Dublin on October 16th, 1854 to an eminent surgeon, William Wilde and the famous nationalist poet, Lady Jane Wilde, known as Speranza (her Selected Poems were pub...
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 ...
