BAY CITY, MI - On the morning of Sunday, March 19, thousands of runners and walkers will lace up their shoes and participate in the 50th annual Bay Area Runners Club’s St. Patrick’s Day races in ...

The original shillelagh was brought from Ireland by the a pilot named Howard Hughes. John Groen designed the trophy which was introduced in the early fifties, however it dates back to the start of the ...

Oak and fig are good, pine not so much, says Denise LeMay, who carves the ceremonial wooden implement that’s an important symbol of Irish culture. Wood carver Denise LeMay, right, presents a ...

NILES, Ill. — An 81-year-old former Marine from suburban Chicago used his grandfather’s antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and deliver one a thump in the head for his trouble. Dan ...

As my Grandfather Jimmy O'Neil might say, "Shite! Wha' a manky lot o' wasters, stealin' ah 150 year aul' shillelagh?! Ah, feck it." SEATTLE, March 10, 2009 — Seattle’s century-and-a-half old Irish ...

The state of Indiana will take center stage this weekend as Notre Dame and Purdue resume one of the Midwest’s longest-running rivalries, with the Shillelagh Trophy on the line. Only 95 miles separate ...

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- Dan Donovan has a new appreciation for his family's heirloom Irish walking stick, after it helped him fight off burglars disguised as utility workers. The shillelagh was his ...