Welcome to Ireland's Ancient East, a vast playground of incredible history, compelling characters and, yes, beautiful green pastures. Comprising 17 counties that lie east of the River Shannon and ...

Us Irish don't have to deal with snakes anymore and we've always believed that's down to St. Patrick, our patron saint... or is it?! Legend tells it that in addition to introducing Christianity to ...

Growing up as an Irish woman, I often wondered why a Romano-British man became Ireland’s enduring global icon, eclipsing nearly every Irish woman in history. Yet every March, millions worldwide ...

Although I took Modern History as a GCSE and A-Level, England’s colonisation of Ireland wasn’t part of the curriculum. Any fleeting mentions of the Troubles only focused on attacks by the ...