Every March 17th, as first light glistens on Achill Island’s windswept shores, a powerful drumbeat ripples through the narrow lanes. One by one, pipers and drummers shake off the chill and step ...

McLoughlin’s Bar, a fourth-generation family pub established in 1870 on Achill Island, faces an uncertain future as Josie McLoughlin, with no direct family to inherit the business, seeks a new ...