Almost 1 in 10 Americans claim Irish heritage, according to the Census Bureau. But even the non-Irish celebrate Saint Patrick ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

St. Patrick's Day is Monday, but many Michigan cities are hosting celebrations this weekend.

A bowl of shamrock was presented to the Palestinian community in Cork yesterday as an Occupied Territories Bill banner was ...

Or at least Irish enough to celebrate his feast day. "People who can claim Irish descent account for about 10 percent of the ...

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

Baltimore is a village on the south coast of west County Cork in Ireland. It has a population of just 400 people.

Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Ireland each year for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. But in the midst of the concerts ...

Liverpool is often dubbed the 'second capital of Ireland' because of its large Irish émigré population and of course the long ...

Read about why green is associated with St. Patrick's Day and how corned beef and cabbage was popularized in the U.S.

Ten days isn’t enough time to visit Ireland. But neither is two weeks or two months. But it's a good place to start.

Rural Ireland thrived under this new departure because of the proactive role of the state in developing Irish resources and ...