The 2016 International Festival of Authors (IFOA) featured some brilliant Irish talent. Five contemporary writers including Catriona Crowe, Emma Donoghue, Julie Morrissy, Paul Muldoon and Ciaran O’Rou...
On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me, “Let’s go to the pub, love.” It’s a Friday evening chilled to the bone, you decide it would be a fantastic night for a pub visit. You imagine the...
Irish-American quintet, The Gloaming launch their sophomore recording The Gloaming 2 on May 9, 2016, licensed exclusively in Canada to Montreal’s Justin Time Records. Hot on the heels of their 2014 se...
On May 1st, 2016, history was made on Prince Edward Island when the newly formed PEI Celts played the Halifax Gaels (Eastern Canadian Champions), in their inaugural Gaelic Football tournament for the ...
On the leafy shores of the Drimneen River in the wilds of western county Galway stands a medieval fortress fit for a king. This castle comes complete with all the prerequisites of medieval Gaelic lord...
I was born and raised in Australia and I came to Ireland and began learning Irish in my thirties. I consider myself to be extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to learn it. While I’m a long way ...
With a youthful population and a bohemian spirit, Galway’s charms are best enjoyed by strolling the city lanes and soaking up the atmosphere. There’s plenty to keep sightseers happy, too 1. Shop for s...
You can choose your friends but you cannot choose your family. In the case of Smiths Falls, however, there may be a large family connection with Carnew, County Wicklow, Ireland, that would make that m...
As an Irish chef Clodagh is the author of five best-selling cookery books, which include ‘Clodagh’s Irish Kitchen’ and ‘Homemade’. Clodagh has filmed four television series entitled ‘Fresh From the Fa...
The smoke of the peat, the swaying bog grasses, ancient stone walls… it could only be Ireland’s traditional heartland of Connemara Passing through the desolate Doo Lough and Delphi Valleys towards the...