It’s not just at home, either. Daisy Allen, a Belfast-born tattoo artist living in London for almost a decade, held her first Imbolc “flash day” – where clients choose from a curated sheet of small, ...

Let’s have a little talk among ourselves, Irish Americans. Let’s celebrate our diversity. No, I’m serious; that’s the real story of our heritage. There is no pure ethnic identity to be found deep in ...

What is the most cliched tattoo you can think of? Chinese characters? A tribal armband? How about a Celtic knot? Those interlocking lines that look like ropes or basket weaving. Last week I was in ...