As revelers celebrate St. Patrick's Day in 2025, here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and the meaning behind the ...

With nationalism ascendant and Catholics outnumbering Protestants, green was widely embraced, particularly since it had been ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color ...

Round towers were designed primarily as bell-towers and were attached to some of the most prestigious churches in Ireland ...

On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world ...

Through the parades, the Irish community is saying ... of poisonous creatures or reptiles to St. Patrick began in the 12th century. However, some later writers see the expulsion of snakes ...

Movie stars Tom Cruise and Gerard Butler have topped a survey for the worst Irish accents on film. Oscar-winner Cillian ...

Since the 12th century, Ireland had been a colony of Great Britain. Like the American Colonists who rebelled against the British crown, a group of rebels called the United Irish launched an ...