LIFESTYLE

Have you seen a Leprechaun?

Have you seen a Leprechaun?

A leprechaun (is a type of fairy in Irish Folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys making mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been li ...
Book snobbery or books you should have read.

Book snobbery or books you should have read.

There is a huge amount of intellectual snobbery around books.  Only this week in Coronation Street, Ken Barlow the street’s token intellectual, recommended that Audrey Roberts swopped her paperback ro ...
Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international fes ...
Saga of Ireland’s struggle

Saga of Ireland’s struggle

Ashes in the Wind is a big book covering three generations of two families and moves from Ireland in 1908 to the present day via Spain, Northumberland, Greece and back to Kerry.  It is well researched ...