Travelling around Nazi Germany, he wrote presciently about war and found inspiration for Waiting for Godot

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Charles de Gaulle (1837–1880) anticipated Patrick Pearse by half a century

Irishman’s Diary: There is a piece of the Menorcan road network that is forever Irish

Away from US president’s golf course, romantic ruin stands as reminder of dark days and dreams

New generation is transfixed by The Meeting on the Turret Stairs

Dolly Parton -Silver Dagger (Live On The Late Show With David Letterman 2000)

An amphibious invasion boded ill after a foray to liberate some 1798 spirit

Short poem in The Irish Times was too obscure for some, but Beckett’s time in Saint-Lô warranted a verse with deep meaning

Magheracloone holds the only Irish deposits of gypsum, while the French capital was extensively mined to make plaster of Paris

Location in the Liberties ‘approved as part of a wider community regeneration project intended to provide a permanent market and community space’

Closure was provided 41 years later when a driver from the Westmeath town got me to a screen showing the All-Ireland final

The Coolin, Spancil Hill, the Parting Glass, and Raglan Road among the many traditional tunes performed

Mayo’s 1952 All-Ireland win was followed by quiet years, rain and the county’s closest neighbours rubbing salt in the wound

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Reek Sunday 2026: Mayo climb mountain in Croke Park as thousands of the county’s faithful ascend Croagh Patrick

Addition of a step to help people onto the stone has hastened the demise of its 6,000-year-old carvings

Mbappé bears standard French spelling of forename that has roots in modern-day Cavan

Unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of cryptocurrency

She wrote about lesbian women’s sexuality and the eroticism of Irish folklore, earning acclaim and a ban in Ireland

Tailteann Games was held nearby in old times when, perhaps, Monaghan may have fared better than Louth

Security concerns at Dublin Castle are leading to drastic measures, but not for the first time

As an exiled Monaghan supporter, it’s fair to say this has been a freakish summer for the county fans

Decades of using typewriters and computer keyboards have since obliterated all confidence in my cursive writing style

Prince Edward Island has a distinctly Irish flavour, with McKennas to the fore – but that’s only half the story

An ancestor of visiting Canadian prime minister Mark Carney took part in a ‘great cattle drive’ in defiance of landowner Lord Sligo

On Bloomsday, how would Joyce rewrite his masterpiece for a Dublin of Deliveroo, Instagram, Lidl and Tinder?

On Bloomsday, how would Joyce rewrite his masterpiece for a Dublin of Deliveroo, Instagram, Lidl and Tinder?

With its small stone bridges and babbling stream, the Co Mayo village made for a picture-postcard backdrop for a returning Irish emigrant

We know Dignam died of a Monday. But Monday is not an official cause of death, even in Ireland