This season will focus on the surnames Mac Gearailt/FitzGerald, Ó Briain/O'Brien, Ó Néill/O'Neill, De Paor/Power, Ó Loingsigh/Lynch and Ó Gallachóir/Gallagher.

Two plays at Irish Repertory Theater, one featuring a “Derry Girls” star, explore the real and the mythical in cultural ...

The 12th century abbess, scientist and composer inspires new interpretations of her music, and new works, on an album ...

When Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings met at a Tempe nightclub in the 1970s, neither knew it was the beginning of an outlaw ...

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: the Top 10 ! Not only do these countries all have at least one victory to ...

T here's something about historical fiction and fantasy which go hand-in-hand. Take The Last Kingdom, a series of excellent ...

Recounting the tale of the Spanish conquest, Aztec Rhapsodies tells of heroism, triumph and tragedy in epic verse.

Ahead of this year's contest, more than 70 former contestants signed an open letter condemning the war in Gaza and demanding ...

We tend to think very stereotypically of the Irish as a people full of song and cheer and a good story. That is, indeed, true of a great many residents of the Emerald Isle; however, the years from ...

It hasn’t been difficult either, in recent weeks, to notice the snow-white blossoms bursting forth from hedgerows belonging ...

Imagine, if you will, how big a deal it would be if Taylor Swift gave a concert in Bloomington-Normal. That's the equivalent ...

A winding route through an ancient Irish part of town. We passed Pat Benson’s Boxing Academy, a club tracing its origins back to Stephen Hayden, the Kilkenny pugilist who started the Irish ...