March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual tradition is, searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might be on the list. Unfortunately, while you're unlikely to discover a hidden ...

The Nobel Prize laureate William Butler Yeats once described the Irish as “having an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” That joy is manifested in song for ...

Whether you’re hosting a karaoke night in your living room for your close friends, hitting up your local bar or riding solo, it’s not St. Paddy’s Day until someone drunkenly belts “Danny Boy” at the ...

Finding an Irish soundtrack for a St. Patrick's Day celebration doesn't take a lot of exhaustive research. Generic "Best of Ireland" compilations abound in outlet stores, on iTunes and even on racks ...

Ireland has a new cultural obsession and it comes in the form of The Wiggles, the Australian children’s music group whose ...

PBS is celebrating March and St. Patrick’s Day with a series of Irish music specials and documentaries, exploring the history of Irish music in America and offering fantastic in-concert footage of ...

Paul McCartney released “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” as Wings’ debut single in February 1972, influenced by the Bogside Massacre—aka Bloody Sunday—that occurred a month before. The song was banned ...

Pat Collins’ “Song of Granite,” about the life of folk singer Joe Heaney, is Ireland’s selection for best foreign-language film at the 2018 Academy Awards. “Song of Granite,” which debuted at this ...