A Massachusetts highland games competition is bringing the spirit of ancient Celtic strongman contests to the modern day, ...

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Fermanagh captain Declan McCusker said their Tailteann Cup semi-final was there for the taking against Kildare ...

The draw has been made for the Tailteann Cup semi-finals: Fermanagh v Kildare Wicklow v Limerick The games will be played on Sunday, 22 June at Croke Park with the final scheduled for Saturday, 12 ...

The teams in this year’s edition of the cup, which is named after the ancient Celtic games, have all been knocked out of their provincial Championships before the final stage and failed to place ...

Some have claimed that the Tailteann Games in ancient Ireland were the predecessors of the Greek games, which are thought to have started as early as 700 BC.

In another part of the globe, the Irish Tailteann Games held a contest for the “geal-ruith,” which is in the same vein as today’s triple jump. It’s believed these ancient games started in ...

Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to play them. Now AI is bringing these games back to life by working out likely rules ...

Board games have long been a favored pastime, even thousands of years ago. The ancient game called "Hounds and Jackals," also called "58 Holes," has long been thought to have originated in Egypt.

What struck such a timely chord was the footage from the Tailteann Games, a festival of sport that had roots predating the Olympics. Its ancient heritage dates back to the original incarnation of ...

What struck such a timely chord was the footage from the Tailteann Games, a festival of sport that had roots predating the Olympics. Its ancient heritage dates back to the original incarnation of the ...