The mysterious Irishman who was the first westerner ordained a Buddhist monk

The outspoken Dubliner, who won the respect and admiration of the Burmese people, was found guilty of sedition

Some Man for a Row? Not Really – Frank McNally on a hero of the uilleann pipes, Leo Rowsome

Fairies, she-wolves and fertility stones: Strange tales from a hidden Ireland

Why is an RTÉ producer making videos of oddities and weird goings-on around Ireland?

Wild Geese: Been there, done that and that and that in Nova Scotia

Software engineer Ronan O’Driscoll sees opportunities for Irish all over Canada

Brought to Book: Joseph O’Connor on why reading is a more creative act than writing

‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’