It is sung unaccompanied and is highly ornamented, with different sean-nós styles found in the various Gaeltacht areas of ...

Written 11 years after the American Civil War and recorded by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash among many others, this beloved Irish ballad's history will surprise you. Outside of “The ...

We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word — Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore ...

Check out some of our favourite new Irish songs to hear this week Fred again.. Feat. Sammy Virji and Reggie, Talk Of The Town ...

Paul McCartney released “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” as Wings’ debut single in February 1972, influenced by the Bogside Massacre—aka Bloody Sunday—that occurred a month before. The song was banned ...

Westlife singer Shane Filan forgot the words to his own song during a live television appearance on Friday night but managed to cover it up by simply making up new lyrics ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: When we first meet the character of Teddy Power (played by Ger Kelly) in the new Netflix series Bodkin, he’s seated at a local bar and his stoic silence is attributed to ...

A homage by U2 to finding hope among loss, their call to action to anyone who's given up on seeing the beauty in the world. Read more here.

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that both his maternal and paternal grandfathers came from Ireland. His mother’s father, Owen Mohan, was from Tullynamalra in County Monaghan. Eventually ...

"Zombie" by Irish rock group The Cranberries has become the first Irish music video to surpass one billion views on YouTube. The iconic video, which passed the landmark milestone on April 18, joins an ...

The Ireland rugby team has been one of the most competitive sides in world rugby over the years, with major players such as Brian O'Driscoll, Paul O'Connell and Ronan O'Gara all lining out in the ...

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