Today, Blackthorn is made up of McMullan, 73, of Huntington Woods and originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland, who sings lead vocals and plays guitar, mandolin, cittern, bodhran and bones.

W hat comes to mind when you think of Irish words? Maybe begorra, an alteration of “by God,” or shillelagh, a blackthorn ...

Similar strikes killed many men in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Back then, this long wooden stick with a bulbous head, called a shillelagh, was key to bataireacht, or Irish stick fighting.And this ...

Transportation Security Administration officers recovered a shillelagh at Boise Airport in Idaho last month. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

A shillelagh is a Gaelic war club, traditionally made of oak or blackthorn saplings from Ireland. The idea to turn such a weapon (ceremonial or otherwise) has its roots in Notre Dame's Irish ...