St. Patrick's Day is coming up on March 17. But why do we celebrate the Irish holiday? Here's what to know, plus food deals ...

LOWELL — Irish Cultural Week continued in Lowell Wednesday evening with the annual Acre Forum and Anam Cara Awards ...

They run businesses. They tend bars. They pay taxes. But still they live in fear. There are thousands of undocumented Irish immigrants in America today, and some of them shared their stories.

Many generations ago, heavy drinking and partying was not the staple for celebrating St. Patrick's Day, according to historian Sean O'Connell in Pittsburgh.

In just a couple of days, everyone will be Irish. Every year while scrolling social media on St. Patrick’s Day, I notice that ...

Massachusetts has a lot of Irish Americans, but it's not the most Irish state. Here's how many Irish people live here.

When you go to a St. Patrick’s Day parade, you might see shamrocks, hear bagpipes, and sometimes meet these gentle giants on four paws. “They are a great ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

Tybee Island’s Irish Heritage Parade kicks off St. Patrick’s Day weekend and the island’s busy season. Festivities include a ...

President Higgins was delivering his final St Patrick’s Day message as this year he will exit Áras an Uachtaráin after two ...

Erie's St. Patrick's Day parade is this weekend. How many people can claim Irish heritage in the city and county?

Irish whiskey was, they'll tell you in Ireland, the first whiskey. The word "whiskey" is Irish. "Uisge," in Gaelic, is water. "Beatha" is life. Water of life — "aqua vitae" in Latin, a catchall phrase ...