New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first ...

A new publication gives insights into the scope of intelligence gathering by both Irish and British authorities in Northern Ireland ...

Fundamentally, trad is popular because it's "very inclusive, egalitarian" and "everyone gets the chance to play it", Jason ...

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast is marking the 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection ...

Andrew Hughes has been shortlisted for the Twisted Dagger award for Emma, Disappeared. Also shortlisted are Amanda Jennings ...

Whether you want something popular like Harper or unusual like Fiadh, these modern Irish baby girl names will make you feel ...

Poet, musician, singer, wit, polemicist, journalist, biographer and letter-writer, Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 – February 25,1852) was one of the most brilliant figures of the Regency as well as the ...

Durcan’s funeral continued that ancient tradition, Fr Tonge said. He was Ireland’s poet, but he was also Ringsend’s and a ...

Dorcey began her political activism in the 1970s, having returned to Ireland after living in France and England. Having met other queer people abroad, Dorcey was struck by the repression that ...

Traditional music, song and poetry were enjoyed by all at an “absolutely fantastic” community concert held in Gorey recently ...

Paul Durcan, who has died aged 80, was a prolific and popular poet whose work was often marked by a reaction against ...

Tanaiste Simon Harris hailed the Dubliner as "unflinchingly honest, witty and one of Ireland’s best poetic voices" ...