Let's toast to all the happy couples with some words of kindness and a great Irish wedding blessing! Wise old words from Ireland abound, and Irish blessings and sayings for weddings are no exception.

A traditional Irish blessing, pronounced something like ... but there is no English word quite like it. It’s a specific type of wheedling flattery: empty or disingenuous praise used to ...

It was picked up from the Scots and northeast English word ‘crack’, meaning loud gossip, banter or bragging. Craic then acquired the characteristic Irish spelling its kept since returning to ...

It is undeniable that Irish people on the whole have a way with words. Perhaps it is the structure of the English language mixed with centuries-old ingrained folk memory of the Irish language that ...

Halloween is, after all, a Celtic holiday! With great help from those at Irish Culture and Customs, we put together a list of 30 Halloween words in Irish, along with their pronunciations.

Photo: Getty When Alan Bradley began investigating incel culture for his latest radio documentary, he was surprised when Paul*, a 30-year-old Irish man who identifies as an incel, agreed to be ...

Leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. The word "leprechaun" is not a native Irish one, scholars have said. They have uncovered ...

POPULAR Irish radio presenter Michael Reade has died at the age of 58. The LMFM DJ, who presented his show for over two ...

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