A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer.

The coldest counties in Ireland have been pinpointed as Met Eireann’s weather maps show temperatures plummeting to 0 degrees. The national forecaster explained that the country will be much cooler ...

You bet!). Ireland’s Centenarian Bounty, as it’s called, was begun in 1940 by President Douglas Hyde, who died 11 years shy of being eligible for it himself. Happily, my own five-score ...

A fun fact about Irish Wolfhounds is that they were once used in ancient Ireland to guard the country’s kings and nobles. These dogs were considered symbols of nobility and strength, and their ...

If you are planning to travel to Dublin or any other city in Ireland, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Dublin Airport along with the ...

Newgrange passage tomb. Credit: fhwrdh / CC BY 2.0 A new DNA study is challenging the long-standing myth that Ireland’s ancient passage tombs were reserved for elite burials. At Brú na Bóinne, a World ...

My dad's dad was Thomas and his dad. And it goes back to, like, the ancient Ireland blacksmiths. There was a Thomas Black. "They knew I was Jack, and I resented it, and so I was like, I just am Jack." ...

More info Met Eireann has updated its weather forecast for Ireland, revealing that the 'mini ... rising to 19C next week. Its weather maps also pinpoint the areas set to see the warmest ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users ...

The images submitted will then be catalogued and used to build a comprehensive fossil map of ... “Here in Ireland we have a wonderful fossil heritage that includes amazing ancient sea creatures ...