Fr Peter Yorke played a central role in politics, journalism and labour relations in the San Francisco archdiocese ...

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, who was born 150 years ago on April 22nd, gave himself the title “The O’Rahilly” from the Gaelic Irish ... the entry on him in the Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Just typing the words 'innovate' and 'stagnate' conjures up images in one's mind that leaves you imagining that innovation is ...

I’VE been writing over the last fortnight about the motion put forward in the Scottish Parliament by Clare Adamson, to the effect that ...

Organised by the Gaelic Society of Inverness, supporters will gather on Saturday to remember those who died in the last pitched battle on British soil, the defeat of the Jacobites and the ...

A weird thing about us — some kind of complicated post-colonial thing — is that we love having our belly tickled by the British establishment. So we got excited last week when the Oxford ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing intense cuteness. These new words, from diverse global regions ...

'I know in Wicklow town myself, we compete massively with rugby and soccer and at this present moment in time they just have a better product.' EASTERN PROMISE: Wicklow footballer Dean Healy with ...