(This story was updated to correct the spelling of a name)At the beginning of Worcester’s first Irish Cultural Festival last October, organizer Caitlin Sargent watched one memorable moment unfold as ...

He went on to explain that it was a corrupted portmanteau of the German schlim (meaning “slim”) and the Hebrew mazzal ...

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The Irish have been called names for centuries, and worldwide so much so that it is hard to remember where all the insults came from. We’ve put together our top ten. As against lace curtain ...

often referred to as Irish Gaelic," said language expert Sylvia Johnson, according to WaterfordLive.ie. “Since Irish Gaelic has its own unique phonetic rules, which differs significantly from ...

Sir, – Further to your editorial “The Irish Times view on legal language ... “Gaslighting” entered the Oxford English Dictionary as far back as 2018 and cannot these days be legitimately ...

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GAA football is one of the most bet on sports across Ireland. Gaelic football is deeply embedded in Irish culture, drawing massive crowds and fostering intense local rivalries between clubs and ...

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