... six Celtic nations of Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba) and Wales (Cymru), which ... parts of the Iberian peninsula, the islands of Britain and Ireland, much of Western and Central Europe, part of Eastern Europe and into ...
Alastair Kneale - Aug 3 2019 - 12:34am
... of Jadotville was to be made. The film stars the Northern Ireland-born actor Jamie Dornan who plays Comdt Pat Quinlan from Waterville in ... a truce or the aftermath of a conflict. It was also Ireland’s first UN peacekeeping operation, the Defence Forces’ first outing ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 29 2016 - 5:44pm - 0 comments
... was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1987 he received an Irish ... the Féile Fidelma, has been held in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, since 2006. Last year an academic study was published by McFarland ...
Transceltic team - Jan 7 2018 - 6:23pm
... have included performances in the eastern half of the US and Ireland. Burning Bridget Cleary are presently working on their fifth ... Donohue, Tom O’Carroll, Harry O’Donoghue, the Glor na Daire Dancers, Irish Dancers of Savannah, Savannah Pipes and Drums, the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 11 2015 - 4:28pm - 0 comments
... Balleylemon in the counties of Waterford and Tipperary in Ireland. The Baronetcy dates from 1629, just around the time the Anglo-Irish ... ascendancy of the English language over the Celtic tongue of Ireland. It may seem to some that the Osborne Baronets have been about this ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 29 2015 - 4:59pm - 0 comments
... Named after the historical site in County Down in Ireland near the birthplace of band member Nick Watson, Rathkeltair brings a ... on the Pipes is a founding member of the Seven Nations (Clan Na Gael) which continues to be a familiar presence on the Celtic Festival ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 26 2015 - 10:01pm - 0 comments
... There is more encouraging news for the Celtic tongue of Ireland as reported on the website The Journal under the headline, “10% Of ... in 2006 and 2011.” The General Secretary of Conradh na Gaelge, is quoted in the Journal article commenting on the Committee’s ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 1 2015 - 9:45pm - 0 comments
... God. Although it is thought that people throughout Ireland venerated this goddess, she is particularly associated with the ... worshipped by the Gauls. With the Christianisation of Ireland, the goddess Brigit became St Brigit and customs to do with the spring ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 22 2016 - 5:37pm - 0 comments
... Named after the historical site in County Down in Ireland near the birthplace of band member Nick Watson, Rathkeltair brings a ... on the Pipes is a founding member of the Seven Nations (Clan Na Gael) which continues to be a familiar presence on the Celtic Festival ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 18 2014 - 4:03pm - 0 comments
... reported on the reaction of the Celtic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) to the daunting challenges faced by the new language Commissioner: ... rights does not mean that those who choose to use English in Ireland will be marginalised in any way; it is not a case of “Them” versus ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 13 2016 - 5:04pm - 0 comments