In a small workshop tucked away just outside Belfast, one of the most traditional instruments in Irish music is undergoing a quiet revolution. At the heart of it is Paul Conlon, whose passion for the ...

The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

For a couple weeks each March, "Irish musicians" sprout like crabgrass. Many assume an imperfect brogue to hide bluegrass or country western underpinnings. It is not held against them, though. Caught ...

Update [Fri 5th Dec 2025, 5am]: Dreams creator Eupholace’s absurdly good Banjo-Kazooie fan game went viral on social media this week, and has even attracted attention from series creator Rare. Writing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Boucher was a drum maker and ...

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of a four-year-old boy and a woman in her 60s in a fire at a house in Co Offaly on Saturday evening. The victims have been named by Gardaí ...

The young boy killed alongside his great-aunt in a house fire in Edenderry, Co Offaly, will be buried following a funeral service on Friday. Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed ...

Before he turned 15, Kevin Crawford was already playing the tin whistle, the flute and the fiddle. When he turned 19, he moved from England to Ireland — just to get closer to the music. “I just wanted ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

It's never a good time to see your starting quarterback get knocked out of a game and his status then in doubt with a playoff berth at stake. And it's especially not a good sign to see his reliable ...

Kate O'Connor made history for Ireland as the country's first-ever athlete to compete at the Olympics in heptathlon. She later achieved more glory as she secured Ireland's first medal at the World ...