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LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (RNS) — Derry’s growing population of Sikhs have been meeting in living rooms and kitchens since a fire destroyed one of only two gurdwaras in the country.

There are two distinct peoples in Ireland, who see and define themselves differently and antagonistically, the Catholic “Irish-Irish” Nationalists and the Protestant “British-Irish” Unionists. Ireland, which had been ruled by England since the 12th century, was partitioned in 1920-21 into Six and 26 Counties entities. The border dividing the Six and 26 Counties does not coincide, or even approximate to, the geographical location of the two distinct Irish peoples/ identities. It cuts righ...

There are two distinct peoples in Ireland, who see and define themselves differently and antagonistically, the Catholic “Irish-Irish” Nationalists and the Protestant “British-Irish” Unionists. Ireland, which had been ruled by England since the 12th century, was partitioned in 1920-21 into Six and 26 Counties entities. The border dividing the Six and 26 Counties does not coincide, or even approximate to, the geographical location of the two distinct Irish peoples/ identities. It cuts righ...

The novelist’s new book, based on his Netflix hit Top Boy, draws on his experience of being Irish in London – and of being wrongly convicted of murder. But his status as a former convict cuts little ice in his home city

I came home one afternoon from Mission Dolores Grammar School and found the door locked. Climbing the fence, I saw the basement flooded from an overflowing washing machine. I pulled

Clodagh Finn: When Napoleon’s niece ‘ruled’ Waterford: A comprehensive series of articles on this topic

Rev. Capt. S. E. McKegney was a brave man, devoted clergyman and true to his principles, but many of his principles were out of date.

Rev. Capt. S. E. McKegney was a brave man, devoted clergyman and true to his principles, but many of his principles were out of date.

Rev. Capt. S. E. McKegney was a brave man, devoted clergyman and true to his principles, but many of his principles were out of date.

Born in 1946, John Banville is considered a master Irish novelist and won the prestigious Booker prize for his powerful novel about grief and remembrance, “The Sea,” in 2005. John