For the first edition of "Tourism Day" (Journée du Tourisme in French), to be held this April 17, Ireland will be making over 100 of its most important tourist sites free of charge. It's a one-day initiative, but one that could easily convince you to pop over to the Emerald Isle for a short break! [...]
The incredible success of the Derry Girls series has been the talk of the town, as the program has met with widespread public approval. This powerful series, also available on Netflix, revisits Derry in the 1990s, against a backdrop of crazy teen stories. A program full of humor and gritty tones, depicting the city of Derry at the time of the Northern Irish conflict. [...]
How about spending St. Patrick's Day 2020 at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland? Ireland's number 1 attraction has an exceptional program planned! [...]
In the run-up to St. Patrick's Day, the American town of Elmira set itself a rather curious challenge: to beat the Guinness World Record for the largest human shamrock! The idea is to gather as many people as possible, dress them in green and have them form a cloverleaf from the sky. [...]
It’s a legal case that’s making headlines. An American company (RMS Titanic Inc.) is planning to explore the hull of the wreck of the Titanic (a first in the history of wreck exploration), in order to recover a rare Marconi … [...]
Storm Dennis had another surprise in store for the Irish at the start of the week. A “ghost ship” that had been drifting for a year on the world’s waters ended its journey by running aground on the south coast … [...]
St. Patrick’s Day is less than a month away, and Ireland has come up with a new way to celebrate the holiday with impressive means! The Finnish artist Kai Kola has been commissioned to illuminate Connemara with artificial lights. You’ll … [...]
It’s an unprecedented success: Sinn Féin has just made an unexpected breakthrough in the legislative elections held this weekend in Ireland. This left-wing, deeply nationalist party in favor of Irish reunification recorded impressive figures, putting it on a par with … [...]
A prehistoric Bronze Age dwelling has just been discovered near Spiddal in Connemara. The site was discovered by a Galway Irishman, Jimmy Ó Céide, while he was walking near the sea at Spiddal. He walked quietly until he came upon … [...]
“The Irish Goodbye Tour. This is the name of the tour that Irish band “The Chieftains” will be giving in the United States. Scheduled for 2020, its name sounds like a farewell to the American public… although the band has … [...]
It’s a new record that will appear in the Guinness Book in the coming weeks. Rory McGee, a barman from Cork, has just achieved the feat of making 49 Irish coffees in 3 minutes. This weekend, 5 bartenders gathered at … [...]
