Irish people are 13th happiest in the world yet loneliest in the EU. It doesn’t add up

W e’re not in the World Cup, but we Irish are happy out. Scotland’s football fans have stolen Boston’s old Irish heart from ...
Yahoo

Black Irish People: The History of Black Presence in Ireland Stretches Further Back Than You Might Think

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three tourists in Dublin city centre, Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin 1, Ireland. From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, ...
The Conversation

Irish indigenous identity is being invoked to stir up antagonism towards immigrants

At an academic conference I attended this summer, an Irish Druid presided over an opening ceremony. She blessed the proceedings and shared reflections on Irish indigeneity, spiritual beliefs and our ...
The Conversation

How Celtic languages spread across Britain and Ireland: why we need to reconsider the early story

The Celtic languages spoken today – namely Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton – all descend from Celtic languages once spoken across Britain and Ireland in antiquity. While the ...
The Boston Globe

The most Irish state in America? It’s not Massachusetts.

St. Patrick’s Day is a legal holiday in Suffolk County, but Suffolk is not even close to the most heavily Irish county in the US, according to Census records. In fact, though Irish ancestry is most ...