Students at Gainstown National School held a mini fleadh on the school grounds last Friday, March 14. The event was put ...

Three generations have taught at a local dance school, while an Irishman gives music lessons to the next generation ...

I've got a real treat in the media yoke for readers this week. “Dan Gurney & Christina Dolphin,” the new album of traditional ...

A NASA astronaut with Irish heritage gave a musical ode to the Emerald Isle from the International Space Station, in ...

When she was growing up, playing Irish music in the Bronx, her flute teacher told her the tin whistle was a toy. But Joanie ...

Kazenski also has begun Irish dancing as well as playing the Irish tin whistle and the banjo in the Notre Dame Céilí Band. Kazenski also studied in Ireland through the UND, with one of the ...

A member of the Oireachtas has been arrested and questioned by gardaí about an alleged €150,000 business fraud almost a decade ago. A file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public ...

Traditionally, an Irish stew (aka Guinness Stew) is made with lamb. Our version includes beef chuck, which is cheaper and more easily found. It might be less traditional, but is certainly equal in ...

It took investigative journalist David Collier exactly five hours to find out that Abdullah, the narrator and main subject of the BBC documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone,” was the son ...

I wanted to be the Miles Davis of the tin whistle but it’s too hard Chloë McPolin discovers as she begins her search for a new hobby on the wrong note. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...

Over a thousand musical acts from across the globe descend on Austin this week to perform for a slew of music fans and industry professionals alike. In a way, the official SXSW stamp of approval ...

US President Donald Trump has hailed the impact of the Irish in America days ahead of Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin's visit to the White House to celebrate St Patrick's Day.