Culchie: Country person, as in country bumpkin, or country shrewd, someone from deepest rural Ireland. Last week I went in search of this exotic species, except I’m one myself - despite my New York ...

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You can understand Alison Spittle’s confusion. Born in London, the centre of empire, the comedian moved to Ireland at the age of seven and settled in Ballymore – literally “big town”. So how can ...

For plenty of people across the country, the 8 of December is a magical time of the year when we hit the 'big shmoke'. No Black Friday deal could compare to the festive feel in Dublin on that sacred ...

REDNECKS + CULCHIES screens Thursday, July 17th at 5:00pm at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd.) as part of The St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase. The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual ...

CULCHIES from all over Ireland, and further afield, have their ham sandwiches and long johns packed as all roads lead to Cork for the October Bank Holiday Weekend. The 23rd annual Culchie Festival ...

SUMMERFEST:A LOUD cheer rose from the crowd gathered in the centre of the village of Roundstone in Co Galway when the winner was announced. Mickey Mack, newly-crowned Roundstone King of the Culchies, ...

Just as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, pants to the place from whence at first she flew — Oliver Goldsmith ‘Coillte Maghagh’, the wood of Fir Bolg chieftain Maghagh, has given its evocative deep ...

Sometimes I feel embarrassed to come from Northern Ireland. Usually it happens when we're shown up on the international stage in some way or other. It only takes a small group of attention-seeking ...

This looks interesting, though I’m not sure what a ‘culchie’ is. But it’s a world premiere so it may be worth checking out! In the sometimes disturbing documentary REDNECKS & CULCHIES, shot entirely ...

Geraldine Ahern and Moss Ahern of Duagh with Paddy Rock of Galway at the Lisselton round of the culchie festival in the Tatch Bar in Lisselton. Photo by Brendan Landy Beal bachelor Donal Dalton ...