It is sung unaccompanied and is highly ornamented, with different sean-nós styles found in the various Gaeltacht areas of ...

The interest of young people in Irish is growing and the audience for events such as the Imram festival is growing in tandem.

Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap have been making waves, not just as musicians, but as language activists who rap in both ...

Singer Imelda May has said her recent adventure across Ireland's Gaeltacht regions for her upcoming six-part series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player "was such a personal journey". Imelda May: Amhráin na ...

Around the world, artists like Kneecap and Emily Wurramara are revitalizing Indigenous languages through powerful, ...

When director Rich Peppiatt first approached the three members of Kneecap, a Belfast hip-hip trio that raps in the Irish language, they weren’t sure what to make of his completely unsolicited pitch to ...

I first got to call myself Irish at 30,000 feet over the English Channel. It was the summer of 1984. On that Amsterdam to Dublin flight, my Egyptian seat mate, en route from Cairo, started to make ...

Wolfe's new album is comprised of songs documented in the area by English scholar Alexander Martin Freeman in the early 20th century ...

As Ireland reimagines itself, musicians including the singer Lisa O’Neill and the band Lankum are reimagining the island’s music with an ever-growing sense of pride. By Will Hermes DUBLIN — The ...

Traditional storytelling still underpins much of Irish literature, and a central figure in folklore is that of the Cailleach. She is a goddess associated with the land, winter, and with the otherworld ...