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It was the night the gladiators of traditional Irish music came from the four quarters of the land to salute our own chieftain of Ceol Traidisiúnta…

As Cork County Council marks 125 years of service, veteran reporter Ray Ryan recalls great names and inspiring anecdotes from meetings in County Hall

IRISH community leaders have paid tribute following the death of Labour MP Tony Lloyd. Mr Lloyd, who was one of the longest-serving MPs in Britain, was a committed supporter of the Irish community and a proud member of the diaspora. In a statement his family confirmed his death yesterday afternoon following a battle with cancer.

Maureen O'Hara talks about her childhood in Dublin, her life on the big screen (including John Ford and John Wayne), and her personal life in this brilliant Irish America Magazine interview from 2004.

The Irish poet guides us through the sights, sounds and beauty of his home around Inishkeen in the stony grey soil of Monaghan.

Broadcasting Legend Gay Byrne Dies, news, music news, Ireland

On December 8, 1942, with the approval of the Bishop of Elphin, Dr. Doorley and the Rev. M. Casey, C.C. Drumlion, Rosary High School was founded by its principa...

My house was full of radios in my childhood. Television did not appear in our house until my mid-teens, apart from one we would borrow for Christmas while its owner was gone away. As such, what was rare was wonderful and the ability to see other worlds was a major part of the fascination of that time.

As we commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Irish writer Brendan Behan in 1923 on February 9, Elizabeth Toomey writes about his time in New York.

Were nurses in the nhs. they�*d come overfrom ireland and had trained and worked in the north east latterly. so, they were really passionate about public services and about the role that they were doing, but we would have, particularly with my granddad, you�*d have a massive stack of papers. we�*d always argue hammer and tongs about what was going on in the world. he just liked to debate and discuss and to challenge. and then my grandma would, you know, get fed up and disappear off upstair...