“When we were young, the Irish language was not cool and it was not popular to speak. We spoke it, but we almost felt stupid ...

What to do Pretty much everything is walkable from here – Grafton Street, Trinity College, Temple Bar, The Guinness ...

Rory Makem and John Whelan — two masters of Irish music — will join forces for a concert of Irish and American folk music ...

Tara Breen has numerous All Ireland titles on the fiddle and tours regularly with The Chieftains, Stockton’s wing and as a ...

The Wexford Arts Festival has something for everyone, from spoken word to poetry, jazz to light opera and films to Hallowe’en ...

Keith Fay’s band, Cruachan, may be the best-known Irish group you’ve never heard of. One of the originators of the folk-metal ...

It might not be as big or glamorous as celebrity resorts at higher altitudes, but small-town Les Gets sets the après-ski bar ...

“It’s a book about circus freaks and how they view themselves as normal and all the other regular people in society are the ...

If the first two albums suggest a band sometimes usefully in thrall to the likes of Television, Talking Heads and The Fall, ...

The premiere winter festival and international celebration of Celtic music will illuminate stages across Glasgow ...

Joseph Gorman is set to release his debut album, The Modern Irish Ballad. A launch event will be held at Hotel Minella, ...

Led by the Dhol of Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyate’s dextrous Kora, the ever fluid Afro Celt Sound System are a whirling, bouncing, bubbling delight. There’s so much going on that it’s a bit like ...