Statistics show that young, single Irish women were the largest group to immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early ...

In 1902, the Yeats sisters founded Dun Emer Press and Guild with Evelyn Gleeson—and created a new visual language for the Irish nation. Pamela Colman Smith designer; Dun Emer Guild, embroiderer, Naom ...

The Irish custom of ‘Little Christmas’ has evolved over generations — but always esteems female kin. An antique Irish family’s Nativity scene is shown with the original figurines dating back to the ...

Growing up as an Irish woman, I often wondered why a Romano-British man became Ireland’s enduring global icon, eclipsing nearly every Irish woman in history. Yet every March, millions worldwide ...

As Women’s History Month draws to a close, Ireland, a nation still navigating the tensions between its traditional Catholic roots and its progressive modern identity, continues to face gender gaps in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The exterior of Trinity College Dublin’s Eavan Boland Library, previously known as the Berkeley Library. - Kathy Rose O'Brien/CNN ...

In the Western church, Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, marking the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, traditionally the last of the 12 days of the Christmas festival. In many Eastern Orthodox ...

The women of Ireland who worked so hard over Christmas are celebrated throughout the country on January 6, Nollaig na mBan, also known as Little Christmas or The Feast of the Epiphany. Nollaig na mBan ...

They were the forgotten women of Ireland, kept under lock and key, forced to clean and sew, and to wash away the sins of their previous life while never being paid a penny. Some stayed months, others ...

On International Women’s Day, we toast to the women redefining Ireland’s whiskey industry. Once seen as a male-dominated world, whiskey in Ireland is now being shaped by trailblazers like June ...