For some, St. Patrick’s Day is a time to swill green beer and listen to the Pogues, Cranberries or Dropkick Murphy songs. And if you don’t mind the ensuing hangover, it might be fun, but there are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Durcan (2007): his responses to the world were intimately bound up with his own private world - Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty ...

The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full of colorful and insightful sayings and phrases that reflect their history, culture, and values. Irish sayings and ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Poet Laureate of Mississippi Beth Ann Fennelly about "The Irish Goodbye," a book of micro-memoirs about childhood, marriage and the death of her sister.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Irish author Anne Enright about her novel, "The Wren, The Wren." It's about a mother and daughter and how their lives are marked by the family patriarch, an Irish poet.

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Courtesy of the Bordentown Poetry Project Frances Isabelle Parnell (Fanny Parnell), Irish Nationalist, Poet and sister of Charles Stewart Parnell (circa 19th century). Vintage halftone etching circa ...

Sophomore Jocelin Raygoza, who attended the event, enjoyed O’Grady’s poetry and his complimentary anecdotes he offered ...