SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The carving and lighting of pumpkins is an Irish tradition that stems back to a Celtic folktale about a man named ‘Stingy Jack’ who tricked the devil more than once.

The 1912 Irish short film "His Mother" is available on the Irish Film Institute's IFIPlayer. Directed by Sidney Alcott and produced by The Kalem Film Company of America, "His Mother" opens with a ...

Leon Ó Cathasaigh looks at the legendary "Deirdre of the Sorrows" and how it describes so much more than a tale of failed love. The tragic tale of Deirdre and her doomed romance with Naoise, son of ...

“The Irish… And How They Got That Way” at Playhouse on Park is a pleasant, harmless concert with a whole lot of between-song patter — or conversely, a lively 2 1/2 hour lesson about Irish history and ...

To Jim Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated drama “Hotel Rwanda,” directed by his friend and frequent collaborator Terry George, is essentially an Irish story. The setting is, of course, in a different ...

Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, a new book has been published about Irish-Americans — the ones who are fun to read about, the rich and powerful. The book is “Real Lace Revisited,” by James P.

A dark tale of a small, tightly knit Irish community, where an accusation triggers tribal and familial reactions leading to the demonizing of the young female accuser, “God’s Creatures” is no walk in ...