It’s St. Patrick’s Day! Check out this vintage newsreel footage of shamrocks being harvested from County Waterford and packaged for Irish around the world.It's long been a tradition to sport a shamrock sprig on St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick himself is said to have used its three leaves to teach the …

For the 10th year in a row, iconic landmarks around the world will “go green” for St. Patrick’s Day. The annual Global Greening campaign is run by Tourism Ireland and has been since its 2010 inception, when just two landmarks were illuminated for the Irish national holiday. This year, nearly 40 …

Old Bushmills Irish whiskey is one of Ireland’s best-loved whiskey brands, renowned for its smooth taste and historic legacy, and has come to embody some of the best features of Irish history and heritage — its long lineage and its devotion to quality chief among them.THE HISTORY OF BUSHMILLS & …

County Tipperary is probably best known popularly through the World War I era song “It’s A Long Way to Tipperary” in which an Irishman forswears the grand sights of London and pines for his love back home in Ireland. But what the song doesn’t mention about Ireland’s largest landlocked county is that …

The Celtic cross, or Irish cross, has taken many forms over the years and is believed to be an early symbol of Christianity in Ireland. The cross itself is based on a standard Christian cross, with intricate knotwork, known to the celts, as well as a nimbus ring supporting the bars and stem, how the …

Ever wondered if you’re missing out by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day away from Dublin? It used to be that if you were American, the answer was almost certainly no. Up until the 1980s or so, St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland was a staid affair, a religious holiday where families would come together to sha …