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Wicklow Street in Dublin at night, empty of people, with Christmas lights strung overhead and a large lit sign reading Nollaig Shona Duit

12 Pubs of Christmas Rules: The Full List, Where It Came From and How to Survive It

The 12 Pubs of Christmas is Ireland’s December pub crawl: 12 pubs, one drink in each and a new rule at every stop. Here are the 12 classic rules, forfeits that don’t involve more drink, what’s really known about where it began (and why it isn’t ancient), how to plan a route, and the honest sums on halves, water, alcohol-free rounds and getting home safely.

A carved turnip jack-o'-lantern wearing a tiny flat cap on a pub table beside barmbrack and a cup of tea

90 Irish Halloween Jokes, Puns and Riddles That Are Scary Good

Here are 90 Irish Halloween jokes, from the banshee, the púca and the ring in the barmbrack. There are clean jokes for kids too, plus knock-knocks, one-liners and riddles recorded by Irish schoolchildren in the 1930s.

When “To Nice” Becomes “Tunis”: The TikTok Travel Blunder That Went Global

Every traveller has a story about a mix-up on the road: lost luggage, missed trains, or even ending up in the wrong city. But two American TikTokers have taken travel …

Irish Priest Steals the Show Singing Wonderwall at a Wedding

We’ve seen our fair share of unique Irish wedding moments — a rogue uncle doing the worm, a late-night sing-song that turns into a session, even a donkey in a …

The Best Irish Jokes. Period

I saw Paddy in the newsagent with a shoelace undone. “Mind you don’t trip, Paddy.” “It’s these bloody instructions,” he says. “Underneath the shoe it says Taiwan.” An Irishman can’t …

He Tried to Fly to the U.S. Using His Mate’s Passport — Because He “Looked a Bit Like Him”

We all make mistakes — losing your keys, missing a flight, or maybe forgetting your bag at the airport. But one Cork teenager took things to an entirely new level …

Lost in Cork: The Irishman Who Misplaced His Car for Three Weeks After a Stag

There are lost keys. There are lost phones. But this Irish lad from Wicklow managed to one-up us all… by losing his entire car for nearly three weeks after a …

21 Mind-Blowing Irish Facts You Never Knew

Think You Know Ireland? Think Again 🇮🇪 Sure, we all know about Guinness, St. Patrick, and the whole leprechaun carry-on. But Ireland is full of odd, brilliant, and downright mad …

A magnifying glass over a sprig of three-leaf shamrock on an old open book, beside a cup of tea

20 Myths About Ireland You Probably Believe (And the Truth)

St Patrick wasn’t Irish, Ireland never had snakes, and it’s Paddy, not Patty. Here are 20 myths about Ireland and the Irish, each with what’s actually true and where the truth comes from.

Group of friends drinking a pint in Dublin

Ticking Through Time: An Irish Take on Life’s Fleeting Moments

Time, the great leveller, is both our companion and nemesis. It speeds past us when we’re enjoying ourselves and drags its heels during life’s more trying moments. In Ireland, where …

120 St Patrick’s Day Jokes: Clean, Corny and Properly Irish

120 clean St Patrick’s Day jokes, puns, knock-knocks and riddles for kids and grown-ups, with over 50 new ones and a few myths put right along the way.

Old photograph of a family gathered outside a long thatched stone cottage on a rocky hillside in Ireland

Irish Proverbs: 160 Old Sayings With Meanings, in English and Irish

160 old Irish proverbs (seanfhocail), each with the Irish, an easy pronunciation, a literal translation and what it means, sorted by theme: life, love, friendship, family, death, hard times, work, travel, drink, the weather and the funny ones. Plus an occasion finder, famous fakes and their true sources, spelling mistakes to avoid and where the proverbs come from.