Author: Andrew Moore

A castle featured in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones was sold after being put on the market with an asking price of £500,000. Gosford Castle, known as Riverrun to fans of the show, was built in the mid-19th century and designed by architect Thomas Hopper.

Ireland’s only snail farmer has encouraged people to get over their psychological aversions to the slimy snacks and tuck in. She says that as well as being a great source of protein, eating snails can also give you a boost between the sheets.

American TV star Sarah Rafferty has spoken out about the wonderful hospitality of Irish people after she was ‘showered with pints’ when she went to an Irish bar on her own. Rafferty, who played Donna Paulsen in the hit legal drama Suits, often visits Ireland as her father holds dual citizenship.

An Irish dad has become an online star after a video of him being pranked by his daughter has amassed more than one million views on social media. Brenda Molloy Rothwell set up the classic ‘leek under the sink gag’ to trick her father.

An Irish newsreader has become an online hit after he struggled to suppress his laughter when reading a story about a nude pensioner who went on a rampage. Nick Sheridan, from Wexford, is a former RTÉ2 broadcaster and is now working for Scottish TV channel STV2.

For centuries the Irish have been famous as great storytellers and performers. Tales would be passed down through the generations and some people would even make their living by travelling from town to town to tell traditional stories. We have found a YouTube video of one of the masters at work, County Kerry’s Eamon Kelly.

An Irishwoman met her 103-year-old mother for the first time after she had spent more than 60 years searching for her. Eileen Mackin is 81 years old, and was raised in an orphanage in Dublin in the 1930s and 40s. She always hoped she would one day get to meet her birth mother, and that… Continue reading Irish woman finally meets 103-year-old mother after 60 year search

Chat king Graham Norton has revealed he gave up his job as a writer for the Daily Telegraph because the newspaper was a ‘mouthpiece for Boris Johnson’. Norton wrote the paper’s advice column for 12 years until suddenly leaving his post in 2018.

You may have seen a music group sweeping across the internet over the last couple of year with classical covers of popular Irish songs. The group is called New Airs and they have gained a lot of popularity with their incredible performances.