Count John McCormack and my grandfather, Michael Coyle, lived close to each other as young children. Their modest homes were on the Connacht side of Athlone town, in the center of Ireland, along the ...

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The Old Bog Road is a standard of any Irish set list of ballads and the author of that whimsical ditty celebrates her 150th birthday this year. Teresa Brayton who wrote the popular ballad about ...

Playwright Sean Cunningham has put a lot of effort into making this satiric vaudeville show tasteless, offensive, rude and crude. Had he but made it funny, this "Candide"-like saga about the education ...

A packed Hersheypark Stadium welcomed blues and folk singer Hozier for his Unreal Unearth Unending concert on Sept. 19. And though Hozier has traveled far from his home in Ireland throughout his ...

Ireland is a land of legends…a land of music…a land of stories and storytellers. Join WSHU Public Radio for an enchanting journey through the heart of Ireland, where history, culture, and breathtaking ...

The Irish Tenors are, from left, Dr. Ronan Tynan, Anthony Kearns and Declan Kelly. The trio will be performing with the Hawai‘i Symphony ­Orchestra. Select an option below to continue reading this ...

Tom Hanks reunited with the former cast and crew of his Broadway play, “Lucky Guy,” on Tuesday afternoon — two years to the day from the hit show’s first dress rehearsal — at Flatiron restaurant SD26.