The term “Celtic” is a nebulous one and refers to a broad, heterogeneous group of people spread across time and space.

The Secret of Kells was released in 2009 and became an instant classic as it explored the history of Ireland's famous Book of ...

superstition and myth intermingle with the pervasive influence of the Catholic Church. The largely Irish-language film, featuring almost exclusively women, opens with two supremely unnerving scenes.

Northern Ireland. Footage of Patrick McClean, who plays for Glentoran in the NIFL Premiership, on Easter Monday has been widely circulated online which seemingly shows him walking past a masked ...

Just when you think the folk-horror vogue is all played out, along comes Aislinn Clarke’s textured delve into Celtic mythology and intergenerational trauma. Siobhán (Clare Monnelly), known to ...

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the ...

Yes, the climate is warming. We can deal with that. What annoys me is politicians, activists and media pushing hysterical myths. Myth 1: The Arctic will soon be ice-free. It “could already be ...

The three mile and five furlong handicap chase is the richest race in Irish national hunt racing and has been won by many famous horses including Desert Orchid, Bobbyjo and I Am Maximus.

Donald Trump’s statement that "Ireland was very smart, they took our pharmaceutical companies away", is not quite true. Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested that Ireland has taken the US's ...

When looking at this history, one needs also to examine the myths created by two poets that still cloud, to this day, the reality of the events 250 years ago. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow beginning ...

It's one of the great myths of the modern game. And it's one even the most seasoned of observers has been guilty of perpetuating. For some, the job of captaining a football team is largely a ...

Now it’s his turn to throw a party, a full-on Irish hoedown. Remmick croons a credible version of “The Rocky Road to Dublin” while his vampire spawn hoots and hollers. Then he busts out some ...