The idea sounds like the stuff of Hollywood fantasy, but anthropologist Professor Gregory Forth has spoken to dozens of local ...

Piece by piece, experts carefully transported the Phoenician vessel to dry land, where it will be studied and preserved Sarah Kuta In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry ...

For centuries, Ireland’s native spirit was illegal. Now, a new generation of passionate distillers and bar owners are ...

It survives today in the name of a number of organizations such as the Ancient Order of Hibernians. When Ireland was partitioned in 1921 by the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the southern 26 counties were ...

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AN ancient Irish tradition is being kept alive and well in Dublin today. Wren’s Day traditionally falls on the day after Christmas, which is known as St Stephen’s Day in Ireland. The tradition sees ...

The Irish Aviation Authority has said that airspace has been cleared for Santa Claus to visit the children of Ireland tonight. It posted official notice of Santa's expected arrival into Irish skies.

Less than 0.1 per cent – a thousandth – of Ireland is now ancient forest. That figure compares, for example, to 2.5 per cent in England, ie over 25 times less. But it’s even worse ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...

Karl Mischke … in discussing the origin of the Arabic numerals, points out that the Roman numerals from 1 to 10 originated from the primitive custom of reckoning on the fingers of the two hands ...

You do not have to travel very far in Ireland to stumble across ancient sites from various time periods in history. Ireland is dotted with these old structures that date from the Mesolithic Period ...