Mahlon Irish Jr., a beloved former chief of the Homer Fire Department, passed away after a battle with prostate cancer and is ...

Scotland is often associated with the famous Highland bagpipes - an integral part of Scottish culture. However, a history writer has recently highlighted that the instrument is not truly Scottish and ...

BAGPIPE chiefs last night launched a proud defence of the instrument in the face of claims they’re not truly Scottish. But experts say that pipes from thousands of years are nothing like the ones ...

A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ...

Sean McComb has told of his hunger after missing his beloved grandmother's funeral ahead of his Monte Carlo bout with Monaco's Hugo Micallef on Saturday. The Belfast southpaw (22-2) defends his IBF ...

BELFAST — In a colorful modular building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sat in front of seven squirmy 4-year-olds and did something that some people here in the capital of Northern Ireland — ...

For reasons involving a class trip and a large, passive-aggressive pipe band who expressed their displeasure about sharing space with a couple dozen rowdy students by staging sunrise practice sessions ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Beginning Sept. 11, visitors to Heritage Landing park in Muskegon can attend the annual Michigan Irish Musical Festival, which features over 25 artists. “We try to offer ...

Funeral services for the Irish fashion designer found mysteriously dead aboard a boat at the upscale Montauk Yacht Club earlier this month will be held Wednesday in her hometown in Ireland. Martha ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Burren in County Clare, Ireland, is described as one of nature’s most extraordinary phenomena. Sculptured from limestone, its shelves of rock, cleaved by ...

In a quiet recess carved out of the otherwise bustling northside of Dublin City, a group of "Red Nuns" gathered to solemnly watch the funeral of Pope Francis. The late pontiff's funeral was broadcast ...

KEARNEY — While other teenagers were learning to play the guitar or drums, Alex Lowe of Kearney taught himself to play the bagpipes. Lowe, 16, is a junior at Kearney Catholic High School and the son ...