How shillelagh fighting evolved into a Irish martial art ... and held towards the middle of the weapon. Advanced fighters grab two sticks and throw down in a Troid de Bata or “two-stick fight”.

“Shillelagh” is an old Irish word for a stout, short, oak cudgel or club. Shillelagh also happens to be the name of a famous oak forest that once stood in County Wicklow, Ireland. Generally, a ...

Ireland’s famous shillelagh stick is now being used as a martial arts weapon by a Cork group anxious to tackle social isolations. The Irish Times reports that members of the Shandon Shillelagh ...

A team of burglars was no match for the fighting Irish. Dan Donovan, an 81-year-old former Marine, used his grandfather’s old shillelagh walking stick to drive a gang of goons out of his Nile… ...

Since March 17 is our St. Patrick's Day celebration, it is fitting to mention the Irish cane often called a bat or a Shillelagh. The Shillelagh, though an item of fashion, meant more than that to ...

It was quite the fashion statement during the 19th century for a man to carry a cane. Just as it was trendy for a woman to carry a parasol, the ...

The smartest thing that Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan ever did was to drop his nightstick and pick up a shillelagh. Shillelagh on his shoulder, an Irish grin on his handsome face, and a ...

"Further outlook for the British Isles: Fair over Ireland and England." Instead of a matter-of-fact report on the weather, the statement might well have been the prognostication of a ...

Although you can pretend to be Irish at the Old Shillelagh all year round. While it's an obvious destination come March 17, the Old Shillelagh tends to pack in the crowds the other 51 weeks each year.

Longtime patrons of Greektown's Old Shillelagh fear not: Though the Irish pub's menu may undergo a "local-first" transformation, it's still going to be the same place you remember.