Any Irish person who is still seriously asking that question today would want to take a serious look at themselves, and perhaps especially if you're reading this in the United States now. Ireland owes ...

Galway man John Walsh of the Irish Society in Uganda has helped introduce Irish dance to children in Namuwongo, an impoverished area in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. “What great fun the kids have ...

Information about the famine is from the following books: “The Great Irish Potato Famine,” authored by James Donnelly, Jr. The Author based his book in large part on the publication, “A New History of ...

Rita McAuliffe spends most Saturdays teaching traditional Irish music at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center. McAuliffe, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., teaches the tin whistle, flute and the Irish banjo ...

You can learn a lot from Irish history. In the aftermath of the Easter Rebellion of 1916, the British unwisely executed several of the Irish rebels. What was initially seen by most Irish as the ...

(Mass Appeal) – Irish step dance is a form of dance that originated in Ireland. Performed in groups, or solo, it’s intricate footwork while the upper body stays stiff. For a lesson in the traditional ...