Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

Irish Gaelic football kicker Mark McNamee will soon find out if he’s made Green Bay Packers practice squad. He was interviewed by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Lori Nickel. 5 Questions with ...

The last thing Al Mennie checks before entering the rapidly darkening North Atlantic is the wide beach and clifftops directly behind him. These are relatively calm and inviting conditions for night ...

Northern Ireland's first Irish language commissioner is to be confirmed within weeks. BBC News NI understands the job has been offered to Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border body ...

TG4 is to screen a ground-breaking mini-series exploring Gaelic Games on film since the beginning of the 20th century. Iománaíocht Hollywood: Cluichí Gaelacha ar Scannán / Hollywood Hurling: Gaelic ...

Pól Deeds (left) is set to become the Irish language commissioner and Lee Reynolds (right) will become the Ulster-Scots commissioner. Northern Ireland's first Irish language and Ulster-Scots ...

OAK FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Chicago Gaelic Park's annual Irish Fest kicks off Friday, offering three days of music, dancing and cultural celebrations. The Aug. 22-24 festival will feature more than 20 ...

Irish labor became an invaluable resource for the development of America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the Midwest and Far West, the Great Lakes region and upstate New York, farming and ...

Poets from across the island of Ireland have gathered in west Belfast for an Irish language poetry slam competition. The event was initially set up nine years ago in response to the "big need" for a ...

Northern Ireland's first Irish language and Ulster-Scots commissioners are to be confirmed within weeks. BBC News NI understands the Irish language commissioner role has been offered to Pól Deeds, the ...

Mark McNamee, an amateur Gaelic football player from Ireland, is vying for a spot on the Green Bay Packers practice squad through the NFL's International Pathway Program. McNamee, a former software ...

Police in Northern Ireland are treating the defacement of dual language street signs in the Cookstown area as a sectarian hate crime. A number of signs in the Mid-Ulster town have had the Irish ...