And when the Great Famine devastated Ireland in the 1840s, Chicago was a destination for thousands of Irish people fleeing starvation. By 1850, 1 out of every 5 Chicagoans was an Irish immigrant.

"Irish people made a point of welcoming non-Irish people to St. Patrick's Day," McMahon explained. Even George Washington, an Anglican Christian, was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick ...

Irish people don't expect it, and Irish patrons don't tend to leave them when getting up from the table. If you were particularly happy about the service you received, you might leave a 5 Euro ...

They run businesses. They tend bars. They pay taxes. But still they live in fear. There are thousands of undocumented Irish immigrants in America today, and some of them shared their stories.

One of her missions is to teach the Irish language, called Gaeilge, which, she learned, people in the States didn’t even know existed. “Everyone was like, ‘I’m from Ireland.’ ...

Kevin Coyne has been named the 2025 iIrish Person of the Year by iIrish newsmagazine. According to the newsmagazine, annually, an Irish man or woman remarkable in service, dedication and ...

As Irish journalist and author Fintan O’Toole notes, by the mid-20th century, “the self-mocking joke was that most Irish people were illiterate in two languages.” ...

The luck of the Irish shines on Ayo Edebiri, but on Conan O'Brien — not so much. The joke in question started in March 2023 at the South By Southwest Film Festival, during an interview with ...

According to Ireland’s Central Statistics Office, over 1.7 million people now claim some ability in Irish, with thousands of young people enrolling in Gaelscoileanna (Irish-language schools ...

The first part of our book includes biographies of every Irish person whose canonization cause has been officially opened; there are 25 such causes in process.