But if you're talking Saint Patrick's Day — and who, in the leadup to March 17, isn't? — then you're talking good Irish ...

An 81-year-old Irish monk has won a gold medal in a 400 metre race. Dubbed the 'sprinting monk', Father John Gribben ran the ...

In wintry late February and early March as the winds blow, we happily observe the seasonal reminders of Saint Patrick’s Day, ...

I'm sure the women were thrilled. The tradition was then taken to Scotland by Irish monks. Back in 1288, the Scots passed a law that allowed a woman to propose marriage to the man of their dreams ...

Over seven miles off the Irish coast, lie the sea crags of Skellig Michael, a breathtaking island once home to a community of reclusive monks. More recently, a different kind of hermit used it as ...

Unlike the rest of the population who generally couldn’t read or write, it was left to highly educated monks to record the events of the time. Written in a mixture of Irish and Latin ...