A massive archaeological discovery in County Wicklow suggests that ancient Irish people lived in dense urban prehistoric ...

Medieval legend claims that an Irish race called the Fir Bolg originated from Greece. What does evidence reveal about this ...

History tells us who we are and how the past has shaped us. This is a commonly expressed truism, but in Ireland’s case, our ...

New insights from archaeology, genetics and early inscriptions are helping to uncover the story of Celtic languages in ...

Planning your next trip to the Emerald Isle requires knowing when the local shops close and the festivals begin. Ireland ...

Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics (The History Press, £14.99) Doreen McBride delves into a variety of ...

County Fermanagh musician Róis draws on the faded Irish tradition of keening to shape her award‑winning album Mo Léan.

Spitting may be frowned upon today but it was once a common practice in rural Ireland, writes SEAN HALLINAN. Firstly, I am ...

Experts discovered a large settlement in Co Wicklow, which is believed to have been built 2,000 years before the Vikings came ...

The excavations revealed that the settlement was inhabited during the late Bronze Age and continued to be used in the early ...

On St Stephen’s Day, crowds gathered in Limerick City to revive a centuries' old tradition that is synonymous with Munster — ...

From big-name authors Colson Whitehead, George Saunders and Maggie O'Farrell to debuts and non-fiction, these are the titles ...