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Paddy Moloney, Ireland’s greatest traditional music musician, passed away on October 12, 2021, in Dublin at the age of 83. He was a legendary musician who inspired generations of Irish to become involved in reviving Irish music. But for many Americans, Moloney’s greatest performance occurred not at a packed Carnegie Hall, which The Chieftains regularly […]
Check out these weird and wacky ancient Irish remedies to keep you healthy this winter. Shakespeare’s witches, with their “Eye of newt, and toe of frog,” could well have been related to some of our Irish ancient ancestors if some of these remedies are to be believed. From using dead hands and hair clippings to ancient […]