About nine miles from Wexford lies the village of Taghmon, the homeplace of Henry Lyte, the creator of the lyrics of the ...

Funeral details have been announced for The Banshees of Inisherin actor Gary Lydon following his death at the age of 61. The ...

I’ve often thought that us Irish have a morbid fascination with death. Perhaps this is why we do funerals so well. Nobody does a funeral like the Irish. We manage to combine the right amount of ...

Enya (left) at the funeral of her sister Moya Brennan in their native Donegal U2, Andrea Corr and Daniel O'Donnell were among the mourners at the funeral of Irish music star Moya Brennan, who was ...

A PUBLIC appeal has been issued after the death of an 81-year-old Irish woman who died alone in hospital without any family in Co Down. Margaret Ellen ‘Peggy’ Murdoch, who had stayed in nursing homes ...

The funeral arrangements of legendary singer and musician Moya Brennan have been announced. The Donegal woman, hailed as the First Lady of Celtic Music, passed away aged 73 on Monday. Moya was best ...

Irish-language poet and translator Gabriel Rosenstock was described by his son, Tristan, as “a bumbóg” (a bumble bee) who was “constantly exploring cross-pollination between cultures and languages” at ...

Political journalist Caitríona Perry was on the show to discuss her experiences in Washington DC as a chief presenter for BBC News. Perry spoke about her transition from RTÉ to BBC and her experience ...

Those gathered for Michael Lyster’s funeral yesterday came together to ­honour a man remembered not only as a father, but as a towering figure in Irish broadcasting. A stalwart of RTÉ’s The Sunday ...

Sally Blundell, who died at the East of England Co-op Funeral Services branch(Image: East of England Co-op Funeral Services) Tragedy struck a funeral parlour when an ...

Once I spotted it, I couldn’t unsee it. Walking my dog through a 70-acre Dublin cemetery last week all I could notice was plastic, everywhere. Plastic on the graves, shaped and coloured to resemble ...

There are a number of incredibly old Irish pubs in the U.S., but nothing can compete with the history of those in Ireland. For decades, pubs have been about more than kicking back with a pint. Go back ...