Exploring the socio-economic, political and ideological systems that made the Irish poor vulnerable to disaster ...

Also: Cate Blanchett in “Black Bag”; Felix Mendelssohn’s overlooked sister, at the Morgan Library; uncovered songs by “Rent” ...

We must learn from the Irish that neither overconfidence nor overreaction is a good idea – that the only way to successfully ...

Irish dancers perform in Greenwich, London and in front of the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool ahead of this weekend’s St ...

Sworders La Belle Mere, a portrait by the Irish artist John Lavery (1856-1941) sold for £360,000 / €428,830 at Sworder’s auction in the UK on March 4. The painting shows the artist’s famously ...

Like elsewhere in America, the Irish of Syracuse faced widespread prejudice and discrimination in the 19th century.

St Patrick's Day is a religious holiday that celebrates the life of Ireland's patron saint, St Patrick. It is believed to be ...

But it is the mischievousness of the Irish spirit and wit — the “hard-boiled, darkly humorous, racetrack-bitten” language of the Irish — that has really benefited America. Irish spirit and wit were ...

The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...

Irish whiskey was, they'll tell you in Ireland, the first whiskey. The word "whiskey" is Irish. "Uisge," in Gaelic, is water. "Beatha" is life. Water of life — "aqua vitae" in Latin, a catchall phrase ...

But it is the mischievousness of the Irish spirit and wit — the “hard-boiled, darkly humorous, racetrack-bitten” language of the Irish — that has really benefited America. Irish spirit and wit were ...