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Tea in Irish Folklore

Date: Nov 5, 24
EUGENE DALY continues his series on various aspects of Irish folklore and customs   Over t...

‘The Pacifist Patriot’ – Francis Sheehy Skeffington

Date: Nov 5, 24
HARRY WARREN recalls one of the more tragic civilian casualties resulting from the Easter Rising,...

A Piper’s Son – whatever happened to those nursery rhyme characters?

Date: Nov 5, 24
We all recall the nursery rhymes our parents sang and now maybe we share their antics with our ow...

Remembering Niall Tóibín

Date: Nov 5, 24
Sheila O’Kelly fondly remembers the famous comedian and actor who was born and died in the month ...

The Burning of Bridget Cleary

Date: Oct 29, 24
A new film looks at an extraordinary event in a small village in County Tipperary in the late nin...

Just A Memory – My ‘Trick or Treat’ Misfortune

Date: Oct 29, 24
By Sheila O'Kelly The origins of’ ‘trick or treating’ remain uncertain but traces of it can be i...

John Prine struck a chord with Irish psyche

Date: Oct 29, 24
By Dermot Lane It speaks volumes as to the special place John Prine held in the hearts of Irish ...

Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Drinking Horn of Death

Date: Oct 29, 24
Gemma Grant continues her series on Irish Myths and Legends   Fionn Mac Cumhaill had no re...

Our Hallowe’en Special 2024 is still on sale!

Date: Oct 29, 24
Hallowe'en wouldn't be the same without it.

The Kellett Flag – a lesser known story from Irish history

Date: Oct 15, 24
A modest little flag made in the 1850s for Sir Henry Kellett, a distinguished 19th century Royal ...