The Irish mammy. She's an endless source of wisdom, isn't she? She always has an answer for everything. And a patron saint ...

We have all experienced unwanted rants about the most outrageous things. From leaving the immersion on to standing in front of the microwave, Irish mammies really do have irrational fears. Here are ...

Paradoxically, if two men did it, with no woman involved, Irishness was against that too. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

In Ireland, where womanhood has long been synonymous with motherhood – embodied most clearly in the figure of the “Irish Mammy,” revered for her tireless devotion and self-sacrifice – a ...

Typical Irish mammy behaviour! The 54-year-old admitted that while she was yet to meet Bono in person, she FaceTimed with him and Ali while at Eve's last birthday party. Sharon said Bono's a fan ...

With a big smile and enthusiastic thumbs-up, Jacob ends the video saying: "Mammy, do you know what? I love being Irish." As it turns out, wee Jacob has got his finger firmly on the pulse of what ...

Initially, these conversations with my Irish mammy felt insensitive. I couldn’t help but think my British friends would see them as tactless (a crime akin to treason in the UK), or that I was ...

Devastated Patrick Kielty carried the coffin of his late mother Mary at her funeral as his brother John described her as a ...

The Irish love an apple pie! There's nothing better than the traditional short-crust pastry apple pie with a dollop of ice cream on the side, just like Mammy made it. However, Irish celebrity chef ...

Between his day job and bands and dances at night, daddy was never there, and mammy took us everywhere. “I assumed that daddy started us off playing football, but Mary did, taking us and half of ...