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These witness accounts of Leap Castle’s ghost stories are terrifying! When the twenty-year-old Mildred Dill, known to her friends as “Milly,” married the thirty-five-year-old Jonathon Charles Darby on November 7, 1889, and moved into Leap Castle, (pronounced lĕp,) near Roscrea, County Offaly, she had no idea that she had taken up residence in what would […]
This dish from the Irish food board Bord Bia is a combination of fresh Irish fish with the delicious French sauce rouille. Rouille is a sauce that consists of olive oil with breadcrumbs, garlic, saffron, and cayenne pepper. It’s usually served as a garnish with fish. For this recipe, any leftover rouille will keep well […]
Ireland has some spooktacular Halloween traditions and one of our favorites has always been the anticipation of who will get the ring in the traditional Barmbrack bread. Barmbrack is a fruit-filled bread, so-called because it is “breac” (pronounced as brack, the Irish for speckled) with dried fruit and candied peel and it’s a delicious treat […]
Emergency services attended the scene of a fire at the former Crown Paints site in Coolock on Friday evening (October 18). It is understood that smoke was visible from the building that has been earmarked to accommodate asylum seekers who have come to Ireland. The Crown Paints factory on the Malahide Road in Coolock was […]
The actor is running a 42km marathon this month alongside Fogarty, who’s battling the severe epidermolysis bullosa (EB) skin condition, and is Ireland’s longest-surviving person with the condition. Emma will be joining Colin in a wheelchair for the run, with Colin joking that he might be walking it instead of running it. The pair appeared […]
From the system behind bobbing for apples to why we wear orange and black on Halloween, here are the most interesting Irish facts about Halloween. Halloween comes from the ancient Irish festival of Samhain, a day when the undead are thought to walk among the living, and we must ward off the evil spirits. Samhain […]
A creative haven in the newly opened Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast continues a rich tradition of literary excellence for poets and writers. Editor’s note: You’re invited to join Queen’s University Belfast on an exploration of how Seamus Heaney, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, found his voice. This is a FREE online event […]
Ireland’s Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced on Thursday, October 17 that the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 has come into effect. From Thursday, Safe Access Zones are in operation within 100 metres of the entrance or exit to premises where a general practitioner, obstetrician, or gynaecologist provides services. This […]
Halloween, which the Irish can claim as their holiday, has inspired many traditions on how to ward off evil spirits. The Irish believed that on October 31 the evilest of creatures and ghouls came to visit them as the year saw an end of the light and the beginning of the dark season. According to […]
Enya Cox Dempsey, 14, of Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny is this year’s Junior Eurovision entry for Ireland having wowed the judges in the “Junior Eurovision Éire” series on TG4 over a five week period. Having been named the winner of the Junior Eurovision Eire series on Sunday, October 13, Enya will head to Madrid, Spain in […]