Walkers retrace steps of historic famine pilgrimage in Co Mayo

More than 200 take part in Afri Walk, and show solidarity with those displaced by war

Máire Mhac an tSaoi obituary: acclaimed poet, critic and diplomat

An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers

A woman who made her mark – An Irishman’s Diary on sculptor Gabriel Hayes

Books in brief: From Standish O’Grady to austerity Britain

Plus: New light on the Irish Citizen Army, and a novel on the minutiae of mental illness

Album of the Week - The Gloaming 2: a richly textured thing of beauty

Liam Ó Muirthile: ceardaí focal, craftsman of words

Philip King, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Liam Carson, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Diarmaid de Faoite pay tribute

Parenting the African way: Fatherhood in Ireland is ‘most definitely different’

Two parents talk about raising their children with their own traditions in Ireland

NUIG study: Dublin pay levels no match for commuting costs

Research finds Galway employees also hit by high expense of travel to work

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Irish road to modernity has no straight lines

The collective works in our series show how molten and defiant Irish artworks can be

Imagining Home: Out of the Tradition review

The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words

Adopt an endangered Irish word and become a guardian of Gaeilge

Anglicising Irish words sapped them of meaning. Let’s reclaim our mother tongue so that it can cast its spell on us again

The magnificant seven treasures of Japanese cloisonné

The golden age of this ancient enamelling technique is given an exceptional showcase

Shortlist announced for Ireland’s best loved poem

Kavanagh, Yeats and Heaney among contenders in A Poem for Ireland project

Have Irish-language books fallen off the shelf?