With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, grocery stores and nurseries will be selling “shamrocks.” As someone of Irish descent, I ...

The shamrock is deeply rooted in Irish folklore. According to legend, Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, used the ...

Shamrock farmer, Joe Sugrue has spent about four decades working at the Co. Kerry site best known for exporting to the US and ...

Relations between the two nations have always been strong but grew closer on the holiday thanks to a presidential gift in the 1950s.

It has been a busy week in Ballinskelligs as local workers harvest this year's crop of shamrock in preparation for St Patrick's day festivities around the world.

AD, a missionary who earlier assumed the name Patricius, arrived in Ireland with the objective of converting the Celtic Irish to Christianity. Legend has it that he used a small, three-leafed plant to ...

As many people find green to wear today and head to a local pub for a green beer, the meaning behind St. Patrick’s Day goes beyond color and pinching. Here are some facts to know about the Irish ...

If a leprechaun leaps from the faerie den this St. Patrick’s Day to ask if you know a shamrock from a clover, what will you answer? “If you said the shamrock is a clover, you’re in luck ...