Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs together with Trinity College Dublin and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities are collaborating to fund the restoration of a previously ...

St. Patrick, the primary patron saint of Ireland, is synonymous with the Emerald Isle, having converted the largely pagan society to Christianity in the fifth century. In the centuries that have ...

Patrick and his companions arrived in Ireland with a dual mission: to minister to the small number of Christians there and to convert the Irish. Illustration from ‘Ireland’s Crown of Thorns and Roses’ ...

For more than 1000 years, St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in Ireland every year on 17 March. Over the years, the religious holiday commemorating the death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of ...

While many will be dressed as leprechauns on Saint Patrick's Day, more religious Georgians know the true symbol of the holiday is Saint Patrick. Did you know he was a real person? Here's what we know ...

Some see it as a day for heavy drinking. Others see it as a day to honor the memory of a famous saint of the early church. And others see it as both. Across the world, people will celebrate Saint ...

Today is St Patrick’s day. A fitting occasion to explore the links between Ireland’s patron saint and the Irish whiskey industry and in particular the Hill of Slane which figures prominently in both ...

We know it as an excuse to attend a parade, visit an Irish pub, drink a Guinness, buy festive food or maybe even dye a well-known river green. While not a federal holiday in the U.S., St. Patrick's ...

St. Patrick, the primary patron saint of Ireland, is synonymous with the Emerald Isle, having converted the largely pagan society to Christianity in the fifth century. In the centuries that have ...