The convent is emblematic of Ireland's real life Magdalene laundries, which were Catholic-run institutions for "fallen women" ...

Starting in the 18th century, Magdalene asylums—named after Mary Magdalene, a friend of Jesus often described as a repentant ...

Metropolitan Workshop is to transform an unusual and much-loved 18th-century agricultural building in rural Ireland into a ...

Well, if you happen to have a few spare million in the bank, you could buy Ireland's answer to Highclere Castle ... last 35 ...

I FEEL about six years old, hands and knees covered in thick mud, as I emerge from a tunnel only big enough to crawl through, first used by Christian settlers more than 1,200 years ago to escape ...

Whiskey stands as a testament to the artistry of distillation, a liquid symphony made with grain, water, and time. From the ...

Dublin’s Portobello neighborhood has a checkered history. Built on a picturesque canal, it began life in the 18th century as ...

Goldsmith was a writer whose personality, like his work, has divided people. In his own time, and through the 19th century, ...

This underrated estate in Ireland is rich with history and culture, surrounded by a serene mountain landscape and spectacular gardens.

Leeches made a medical comeback as “hirudotherapy”, starting in the 1960s and widely used since the 1980s. Researchers have ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain (pronounced SAW-en).  But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature ...