The Capuchin Friars of Ireland can trace their history to the Capuchin community at Charleville, France. Francis Nugent was born in 1569 near Mullingar, and after his education in Paris and Louvain, ...

Liam Neeson, Hollywood star and famous son of Ballymena in Co Antrim, and I were members of the same drama group, The Slemish Players, at different times. He went on to achieve more in that field than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sculpture in Wexford, Ireland, by Eamonn O'Doherty, called 'Fuascailt,' commemorates the 1798 rebellion. Niall Carson/PA Images ...

Ireland’s forthcoming centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising – a pivotal event in modern Irish history – is a cause for commemoration, and also raises some compelling questions. Humanities / History - ...

Dublin Ireland. April 24th 1916. The seeds of a rebellion have been planted and revolution is on the horizon. It starts early Easter Monday, as Dublin Castle comes under siege. Triggering one of the ...

In the months before the Easter Rising, St. Patrick’s Day marches offered a glimpse of Ireland’s rising nationalist energy. Irish Volunteers march in Cork City, Ireland on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1916.