The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

At that time, a half crown made for a sizable gift: eight of them made up one pound. The half crown was a coin in our old ...

His father was joint-champion amateur jockey with Cecil Brabazon in 1920. Two years later he rode the final winner of the Irish Grand Military at Punchestown, a venue formerly associated with royal ...

A statement on Monday said he was in intensive care. The bout, Cooney’s first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title, was stopped in the ninth round. He underwent surgery after it was ...

The family of 28-year-old Irish boxer John Cooney have described their “complete devastation” after his death. His death was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark ...

But with the Scots pouring on the pressure, Ireland showed their class, running in two more tries and beating their Celtic cousins for an 11th straight time. That win coupled with France's loss at ...

"I can’t even wear a green shirt around them because that’s their rivals' Celtic’s colours - and rivals is an understatement. "I made that mistake once. I was told that if I wanted to eat ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Living on Valentia island means that the world-famous Skellig Michael is not far from June O’Sullivan’s doorstep. Indeed, a visit to the world famous UNESCO site eventually led to the local ...