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The Irish language once provoked 'strong resistance.' Now it has a place at the Oscars
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Oscar nomination for 'The Quiet Girl,' opening Friday, isn't just a historic first. It signals a...
Paul Lynch, Irish author of 'Prophet Song,' awarded over $60K with 2023 Booker Prize
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLONDON — Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called...
Social, cultural traditions of Irish music celebrated at Kirkland Art Center
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIrish traditional music, from “Danny Boy” to rowdy pub songs to dynamic dance numbers, is a social...
Irish writer Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIrish writer Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his dystopian novel "Prophet Song," a...
Traveling Ireland by bus. With a dozen banjo players. And jokes. What could be better?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIreland – The conference room at the Old Ground Hotel was crowded with newly assembled musicians and...
60 years ago, Bob Dylan recorded The Times They Are A-Changin’. In 2015, he explained how you could...
MusicRadar via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe COver of the TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'. “Writing a song like this can be deceptively easy,” Bob...
Efforts redoubled for Fairytale Of New York to top charts after MacGowan’s death
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoRenewed efforts are being made to get the “nitty-gritty” Christmas song Fairytale Of New York to top...
Vigils take place in Donegal in memory of Creeslough explosion victims
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoHundreds of people have gathered at vigils in memory of the 10 people who died in a devastating...
Ireland's goth gremlin through to Eurovision final
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIreland's Bambie Thug has one of the most outlandish songs of the contest [Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU] Ireland has broken its Eurovision "curse",...
Each generation in Northern Ireland has reflected on the 'troubles' in its own way – right up to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 9-year-old boy lies on the floor of a working-class rowhouse in Belfast, Northern Ireland,...