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 ...
Minister Coveney & Ambassador Kelly visited Niagara Falls with Tourism Ireland’s Canadian Country Manager Dana Welsh on the weekend. Minister Simon Coveney flicks the switch so to speak̷...
New Tourism Ireland film celebrates the greenest day of the year and invites the world to visit the island of Ireland Tourism Ireland has unveiled a new online film for St Patrick’s Day 2017, to encou...
The Real Story of St. Patrick by Mark E Fisher. As I researched my historical novel, The Bonfires of Beltane, I realized what a tale the life of St. Patrick presents and how few people know it. Are yo...
No place in Canada represents the life-changing crucible of immigration better than Grosse Île. From 1832 to 1937, this small island in the St.-Lawrence River 48 kilometres east of Quebec City served ...
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...
This St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate Ireland with a live band and twenty-two dancers in this thrilling showcase from the National Dance Company of Ireland. A perfect starter for your weekend celebrations...
