Hemp arrived in Ireland via Viking ships by at least the seventh century, used initially for rope and sailcloth rather than ...

San Diego's Blarney Stone pub and the House of Ireland are celebrating St. Patrick's Day with traditional Irish music, food, and dance, connecting San Diegans to their Irish heritage and celebrating ...

Though we think of pubs as lively hangouts where guests come to wind down with a chilled brew, in the past, some Irish pubs also functioned as morgues.

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Irish Star, influencer Vivienne Sayers O'Callaghan examines how Ireland contains multitudes and how Americans and the Irish are not as different as one would think ...

For as Trinity College Dublin’s Prof Micheál Ó Siochrú was quoted as saying in this very paper just the other week, most ...

Ahead of St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2026, here's a look at how Irish history shaped the Delmarva Peninsula and towns such ...

St. Patrick's Day is typically filled with lively Irish music, festive parades and delicious food. Even if you partake in St. Patrick's Day fun, there are a lot of surprising facts you may not know ...

March has been designated as Irish American Heritage Month by US Congress every year since 1991. President Biden, reflecting on his own Irish roots, proclaimed March 2024 to be Irish American Heritage ...

More than 1 million Irish Americans live in the Philadelphia metro area, making it the second-most "Irish" city in the U.S., after New York. This Friday, some of those Irish Americans will descend on ...

A free March 15 event at Plumb Grove Mansion shares Irish music, legends and the 19th‑century history of Irish canal workers in Clear Spring.

Here's a look at Northern Ireland. For many years, Northern Ireland has been split over the question of whether it should remain part of the United Kingdom or become part of Ireland. Belfast is the ...

It’s writing a travel story about Ireland for a Boston newspaper. Boston has the largest Irish population of any major US ...