Plenty of clues already showed that Vikings had been to Ireland, including ruins, artifacts, and Norwegian family names. But this map provided the very first DNA evidence of the Irish and the ...

IrishCentral contributor Katherine Simmons remembers an unforgettable Irish-American woman whose laughter, loyalty, and legacy lit up Long Island and Leitrim alike. Lily's life was a tribute to family ...

IrishCentral Contributor Éamon Ó Caoineachán on the 1925 'Kildoney Men's Case,' and the state of the fishing business in ...

John Betjeman, Britain’s poet laureate from ... particularly among the Anglo-Irish and, later, in literary and media circles. “Oh God, to be in Ireland again and happy as we once were ...

A case involving billionaire businessman John Magnier over the alleged sale ... It has been in the Thomson-Moore family since the middle of the 17th century. Mr Magnier said he paid a €250,000 ...

John Walker, who was married with three children, died aged 86 on May 16. ** The Irish News publishes a selection of readers’ obituaries each Saturday. Families or friends are invited to send in ...

and entered local lore as “the shake that shook the world”. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

JD Vance's claims of ancestral links to the Island of Ireland were left in question after a DUP commissioned report into his family background ... his purported 'Scotch-Irish' heritage– Scots ...

Twists and turns are never far away on the Munster roller-coaster but few were predicting that Cork would have to pick themselves up off the floor at this stage of the championship. That’s the ...

Sheeran’s Irish heritage has been a consistent focal point within his music, inspiring hits like Galway Girl and Nancy ...