Whatever the reality, the song was conceived in 1985 by The Pogues banjo player Jem Finer and MacGowan. Finer came up with ...

O'Hara - also the acclaimed author of "Last Of The Donkey Pilgrims," "A Lucky Irish Lad," and "Ins and Outs of a Locked Ward" ...

Cumann Staire Uíbh Laoire (Ballingeary and Inchigeela Historical Society) has released a new collection of folklore and history from Ballingeary dating back to 1942. The knowledge was collected by ...

From shamrocks to horseshoes - superstitions found in old Irish folklore that'll give you pause for thought. A look at the ...

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Illustrating Oscar Wilde’s classic stories for children was a dream project for me. All the better that it should be the first new edition published in the city of Wilde’s birth, in the year my ...

Ballet Ireland is on the road bringing a new production of Cinderella to theatres and venues across the island of Ireland. In an Irish twist on the classic fairytale, the version, choreographed by ...

Ms. Ungerman writes the newsletter default.blog under the pen name Katherine Dee. As I write this, my best friend sits across from me in my living room, staring at her phone. She’s in a trance, her ...

Now, this beloved folklore is making a surprising leap into a new genre: a Hungarian-developed fighting game titled Folktale Fury, recently unveiled at PlayIt. The project’s creator, Dávid Fodor, says ...

One of DJ Carey’s great qualities was that his lack of stature didn’t deter him. Tough as nails, he absorbed the knocks and let his speed and skill do the talking. When he first caught the eye of the ...