These pre-dawn parades on St Patrick's Day show how important and integral the bands and traditions are to both communities ...

For Mayo man, Toirlach Dever running for 24 hours around his home parish of Achill was always going to be a once in a ...

Every March 17th, as first light glistens on Achill Island’s windswept shores, a powerful drumbeat ripples through the narrow lanes. One by one, pipers and drummers shake off the chill and step ...

McLoughlin’s Bar, a fourth-generation family pub established in 1870 on Achill Island, faces an uncertain future as Josie McLoughlin, with no direct family to inherit the business, seeks a new ...

Thousands of Mayo people are expected to line the streets of their respective towns and communities to watch the St Patrick ...

Each band marches from their particular village and all meet at the church ... Jim Fahy reports on the Druma Mór waking Achill Island on St Patrick's Day 1989 After mass, all the bands meet ...