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...
In this post, Christian author Mark Fisher examines the role of Celtic women in ancient Ireland—Part I. What roles did they play? What were their lives like? CELTIC WOMEN — EMANCIPATED OR NOT? Opinion...
How many of us have had a school assignment turn into an award-winning project? During Grade 12, a young Caroline Pignat travelled to Ireland to visit family where her uncle gave her a crash course on...
The Galway 2020 Bid Film….Galway’s best kept secret! For the past four months filmmaker Paula Kehoe has been working with Galway 2020 in partnership with UNESCO City of Film/Galway Film Centre, to cre...
It started with neighbourhood folklore, with half-remembered stories about Patrick Pearse himself, the martyred poet-revolutionary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Could it be true that Glanmire ...
The Irish dance festival is the first of its kind in Ireland. Irish dance enthusiasts, children and adults from all over the world are invited to spend a week learning from some of the worlds best dan...













