A shillelagh is an Irish wooden walking stick. They are usually rugged and made from a single piece of blackthorn. They travel the journey with you and push you forward. They can also be used as ...

Down in Ballydehob, 100 kilometres away, Kevin Ireland was expecting me and it was already midday. He did not drive and had no phone, although he told me I could ring Jack O’Connor at his bookshop in ...

What comes to mind when you think of Irish words? Maybe begorra, an alteration of “by God,” or shillelagh, a blackthorn ...

After more than 25 years in the tavern business, Tony Henry has passed along the reins of the Deer Park Irish Pub to new ...

24in Length/27.6oz Weight MATERIAL: Polypropylene DURABLE AND STRONG: These bats are made to hold up to heavy abuse during training. Not to be confused with a regulated bat that is intended to be ...

A man who gouged out an 87-year-old pensioner’s eye and beat him to death with his own walking stick has been locked up indefinitely. Sekai Miles, 23, subjected Bernard Fowler to a “brutal ...

On Friday, we will publish numbers 50 to 26 and on Saturday we will reveal the top 25 Irish fiction titles of the century so far. The novel that arose from a Facebook page sharing real-life ...

If you’re a home mixologist, you probably have a few bottles that are both indispensable and also often overlooked. They’re the kind of spirits, liqueurs, and ingredients that you always have ...

LOXLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Baldwin County woman is accused of violently attacking a 69-year-old man Wednesday using a walking stick as a weapon. Loxley Police Department investigators said they ...

AN investigation is underway following a horror blaze that took hold on a much-loved Irish walking trail over the weekend. The Claggan Mountain Coastal Trail in Co Mayo will remain closed until ...