At first glance, the landscapes of Connemara could be more convincingly located in Costa Rica than off the west coast of Ireland. Wild, rugged forests jut out into the sea, set against the backdrop of ...

St. Patrick's Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers. So my ...

Do you remember getting pinched in grade school because you forgot to wear green on St. Patrick's Day? According to legend that's what leprechauns do, and wearing green makes you invisible to those ...

WASHINGTON — This story from The Conversation is by Bryan McGovern, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University. St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish ...