The bodhrán: Ireland’s oldest instrument – or its newest?

What you thought you knew about the Irish drum’s history is almost certainly wrong

‘Go to any reasonably sized town in Japan and you’ll find an Irish pub’: The Japanese fans of Irish culture

Tokyo boasts regular Comhaltas traditional music sessions and an annual St Patrick’s Day parade, while Enya and Riverdance have strong Japanese followings

Heading to the Fleadh: Festival, cultural revival and Irish traditional music, 1951-1969 – Professing the power of ‘festival time’

Méabh Ní Fhuartháin brings subtlety and depth to her appraisal of the Fleadh’s progression from grassroots organisation to Ireland’s largest music festival

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion but doesn’t – especially on an Aer Lingus plane

Hugh Linehan: ‘Trapped in a confined space with loud music played at you is what they do to terrorists,’ one commenter said about last weekend’s impromptu session

Leeds the field – An Irishman’s Diary on the Irish in Leeds

Think summer camps are just for kids? Here are some great ones for adults too

Learn to play Irish music or speak the language, to sail, cook, understand wine – and much more

Second-generation Irish: ‘We were outsiders among the English – and the Irish too’

Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home

Former Meath TD and senator dies

Michael Lynch epitomised the best of FF’s commitment to community politics – Martin

Culture Night 2018 unveils packed programme of events

Free all-island event includes arts, music, history, heritage and science for people of all ages

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Yuri from Moscow, Mohamed from London show Fleadh Cheoil’s global reach

Irish traditional music festival in Drogheda is planet’s largest with some 10,000 participants

Sonia O’Sullivan awarded honorary doctorate at DCU

‘The enormity of the individual ambition became inextricably intertwined with that of the nation’

Feeling the fusion on the dancefloor at Féile Tokyo

‘I didn’t feel Irish enough at the Gaeltacht, and now it turns out I don’t feel Irish enough in Tokyo’

Celebrity chef Rachel Allen to head Cork’s St Patrick’s Day parade

Food and Ford to feature in celebration of city as place of community, culture, commerce

Lending a helping hand to the 20,000 Luton Irish

From babies to the elderly, the Luton Irish Forum offers support for all