To My Darling Daughter Betty is one of those short Irish poems that immediately impact you when you read it. Tom Kettle wrote “To My Daughter Betty” on 4 September …
I never get tired of seeing Seamus Heaney in the top 100 Irish poems list. This one comes in at number 87. I think next time I will have to …
“Father and Son” is F.R. Higgins’s best-known poem. This poem comes in at number 89 on the top 100 Irish poems list. Who Was F.R Higgins? Well, it seems that …
Another fantastic Irish poem by Seamus Heaney. And of course, it is a long one! This poem comes in at number 88 on the top 100 Irish poems list. Station …
I am always surprised how few female poets appear on the top 100 Irish poems list. But this week, I picked number 76 from the top 100 Irish poems list. …
I hope you have an incredible St Patrick’s day wherever you are in the world! Before I pressed play on this incredible song I popped into the YouTube comments and …
Just like the Irish Harp, the Shamrock has appeared throughout Irish history. confusion the national symbol of Ireland is the Harp, not the Shamrock. The Shamrock is the national flower of …
I was hoping to pick number 17 on the top 100 Irish poems list this week. It is mainly because it is St Patrick’s day, but I realised I had …
39 St Patrick’s Day blessings for cards, texts, toasts and prayers, from May the road rise to St Patrick’s Breastplate, with greetings in Irish and honest notes on which ones are really old.
A poem about a man trying to sell a horse: comes in at number 91 on the top 100 Irish poems list. But of course, the great Irish poet Patrick …
The best Irish songs for St Patrick’s Day, from The Irish Rover to The Parting Glass. Thirty pub songs, ballads, trad tunes and Irish-American standards, with who wrote each and when, plus a two-hour playlist.
Ireland and horses in numbers Ireland is the third-biggest thoroughbred breeding nation in the world, and the biggest per head of population by far. Racing and breeding were worth about …
Saint Patrick wasn’t Irish, his colour was blue and Irish pubs were shut on his day for 36 years. Here are 30 St Patrick’s Day facts with real sources, plus stats, kids’ facts and the myths to forget.
I am back once again with another top Irish poem. I have been enjoying learning about these Irish poems every week. I hope you have as well. First time here? …
A live countdown to St Patrick’s Day that updates itself every year, plus the day of the week 17 March falls on from 2027 to 2031 and how to say Happy St Patrick’s Day in Irish.