Schemes abandoned in the wake of the financial crisis are finally getting off the ground in Limerick thanks to the council’s intervention. Ireland’s third-largest city had been stuck in something of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, ...

One man’s joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition. Chris Strolin was teasing English buffs in an online forum years ago when he said the dictionary should be rewritten in ...

Mediaite: Clearly you’ve got a way with these rhymes – in about a year you’ve pumped out 200 or so of these limericks. Do you have any background in poetry/any kind of writing, and do you write ...

The late Frank McCourt was a hero of the Irish and Irish American literary scenes, emerging out of the woodwork to win the 1996 Pulitzer for Angela’s Ashes, a memoir of his childhood in Limerick.

In 2008, co-owner Becky Larson wanted to add a playful and literary twist to the St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities at Larson Family Winery in Sonoma and to celebrate its connection to Irish ...