We are already more than halfway through Irish American heritage month, so if you are still searching for some luck this ...

Spreader of smiles has some thoughts for today.

See how many works of prose and poetry by popular Irish authors you can find in this short scene — and build a reading list ...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Randee Dawn shares how a book of folk tales by W.B. Yeats was a "lightbulb moment" for ...

The Irish dance world has been taken by storm after Dan Crooks, a native of Jamaica who now lives in California, affectionately referred to Irish dancing as "whimsical skedaddling" in a now-viral ...

Pope Francis is in a stable condition and resting as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia, but he has again skipped his weekly noon blessing on Sunday to avoid even a brief public ...

These Irish toasts and, indeed Irish blessings for weddings, are romantic and of course, filled with humor. Most people want to start their married life on the right foot. Since the Irish have ...

Pete Mullineaux's most recent collection is We are the Walrus (Salmon 2022). His environmental film-poem Careful What You Wish For Orangutan won the 2023 Home-stage pFITE award.

MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN'S devastated girlfriend Charlotte ended his funeral with a poem to "my endless love". The Irish jockey, 24, was laid to rest on Wednesday after his tragic death last Sunday ...

alternating in the afternoon between reading and resting, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

Tonight, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lin- Manuel Miranda joined the inaugural festivities. For his part, Lin recited a poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney.