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The Oscar-nominated An Cailín Ciúin is available to watch free online

50 Irish movie classics available to watch free online

Looking for a good movie to watch tonight? Right now, you can stream a variety of Irish screen classics old and new via the RTÉ Player and TG4 Player - and they're all free!

Listicles • 28 Apr

Kneecap are bringing the Irish language to a global stage

The young artists making Gaeilge cool again

Hands up if you've ever uttered 'I'd love to speak more Irish, but it's the way it's taught in school that's the problem'?

The Lauren Murphy Column • 17 Mar

The truth about St. Patrick: 10 surprising facts

St. Patrick is one of the most celebrated figures in Irish history, but his story is shrouded in myth and legend.

st patricks day • 15 Mar

Michael Fassbender plays the spy game in Black Bag

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm...

Culture 5 • 14 Mar

Representing the North East Inner City: Feyi Makinwa (9) and Holly Moylan (9) from Sheriff Youth Club (lamps) and Danni Downey (12) and Meadow Stanley Brennan (11) of Arkins Dance and Stage Academy.

Paddy's Day power - Dublin's North East Inner City comes alive

st patricks day • 15 Mar 24

PJ Kirby: 'Honestly I've never felt liberation like it.'

Géilí! PJ Kirby celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a queer céilí

Ahead of his MC duties at the the Géilí at Mother's Cultúr Club as part of this year's St. Patrick's Festival, Corkonian podcaster and creative PJ Kirby celebrates being proud, Irish and queer.

st patricks day • 14 Mar 23

It's all go this St Patrick's weekend on RTÉ: your one-stop guide

It's all go this St Patrick's weekend on RTÉ, with a wide range of specially curated content across television, radio and online to celebrate all that it is to be Irish today!

st patricks day • 10 Mar 23

Performers Millie Dempsey and Sophie Hogan at the St. Patrick's Festival launch

St. Patrick's Festival offers global celebration of Irish arts

The National St Patrick's Festival has announced their line-up of events for this Paddy's Day weekend in Dublin.

st patricks day • 23 Feb 23

Watch: St Patrick's Day Recital with Gavan Ring & Fiachra Garvey

Music • 17 Mar 22

Celebrate St. Patrick's Weekend with RTÉ

st patricks day • 15 Mar 22

Soule is one of the artists performing at this year's St. Patrick's Festival

The St. Patrick's Festival returns with a bang

Festivals • 09 Mar 22

Five Lamps go green - a Paddy's Day parade with a difference

Festivals • 09 Mar 22

Watch: St. Patrick's Day concert from London's Wigmore Hall

Two of Ireland's finest performers unite for a special concert in London's Wigmore Hall for St. Patrick's Day, in particular for those who have been isolated anywhere, and away from family and friends over the past year...

Music • 17 Mar 21

The rise of the St Patrick's Day Parade

Although St. Patrick's Day has long been celebrated in Ireland, the tradition of holding a parade on March 17th didn't begin here. It actually developed among those who left Ireland and settled in faraway places...

st patricks day • 18 Mar 21

China Moon - a sonic audio adventure for St. Patrick's Day

Podcasts • 15 Mar 21

Cúl Stories for St. Patrick's Day

History • 16 Mar 21

Watch: 8 different faiths reflect on St. Patrick and Irishness

Eight members of Ireland's minority faith communities offer a brief reflection on what Irishness and St Patrick mean to them.

st patricks day • 15 Mar 21

The beat goes on - Kíla's Rossa Ó Snodaigh on lockdown living

Music • 15 Mar 21

St. Patrick's Festival 2021 - watch SPF TV

With more than 100 events to enjoy at this year's St. Patrick's Festival, from performance, literature and art to virtual tours, sustainability and politics, there's something for everyone to enjoy!

st patricks festival • 18 Mar 21

St. Patrick's Festival announce spectacular online event

Dúisigh Éire! Awaken Ireland! is the theme of this year's virtual St. Patrick's Festival, offering a clarion call to Irish people worldwide to throw off the long, dark months and rise to embrace the brighter days ahead...

st patricks day • 22 Feb 21

Tommy Tiernan on St. Patrick's Day: "Such a strange festival"

Language failed Tommy Tiernan while he was talking to Marty Morrissey on St Patrick's morning...

Culture • 17 Mar 20

Watch: RTÉ Cór na nÓg celebrate St Patrick's Day 2020

RTÉ's children's choir Cór na nÓg made a wee video during their rehearsals for a performance in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day...

RTÉ Cór na nÓg • 17 Mar 20

Dóchas Linn: the Paddy's Day song that's an anthem for our times

From Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1: in times of uncertainty, John Toal takes comfort in the hopeful message of Dóchas Linn, Naomh Pádraig...

Sunday Miscellany • 17 Mar 20

Watch: 'Irish' Alan Partridge wins St. Patrick's Day

No context is required - save to say that the closing moments of last night's This Time with Alan Partridge will be remembered in the canon of truly great Partridge moments.

TV • 19 Mar 19

St. Patrick's Festival uncovered: don't judge a book by its cover

Karen Walshe, the Artistic Director of the St. Patrick's Festival, previews this year's event, which takes place from March 14-18.

st patricks day • 14 Mar 19