... Galway (Irish: An Fhaiche Mhór, Gaillimh) in the west of Ireland. Irish President Michael D Higgins performed the ceremony. The ... collection of short stories An Chéad Chloch (‘The First Stone’) in 1914 to great acclaim. In 1917 he completed Seacht mBua an ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 24 2017 - 9:52pm
... community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad. The League’s primary objective is the reinstatement of the Irish language as the common tongue of Ireland. Since its founding in 1893, members have been actively promoting ...
Emmett McIntyre - Mar 29 2020 - 8:25pm
... concerning monies connected to the NAMA programme in Ireland (National Asset Management Scheme) ending up in an account in the Isle ... to an offshore bank account and earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician as part of the largest property deal in the history of the ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jul 4 2015 - 11:59pm - 0 comments
... MORE COMPLEX Private investigators probing the NAMA (Ireland National Management Agency) scandal are said to have indentified several politicians from a number of political parties in Ireland who could be involved in the affair. The issue surfaced following ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jul 26 2015 - 9:40pm - 0 comments
... were built of earth sods, others were larger and made of stone. It's thought there may have been approximately two hundred keeills ... king lists, was a 5th century King of Tara or High King of Ireland and reputed to be an opponent of Saint Patrick. In laying a trap for ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 30 2019 - 7:15pm
... media. The Rising has also tended to be seen, outside of Ireland in England, as either a ‘betrayal’ taking place as it did at the ... to some in the other Celtic countries with resentment that Ireland had done what others had not the temerity to do: throw off the yoke of ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 2 2015 - 12:12am - 0 comments
... College in Dublin and the oldest student newspaper in Ireland, has reported on a protest demonstration by Irish speakers from the ... President for Irish language for the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Mr. Fedhlim Seoige, characterised the recent resignation of the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2013 - 3:34pm - 0 comments
... activists and Dublin’s malevolent attitude towards Gaelic. Ireland’s President Michael Higgins had condemned the failure of the ... goes on: “There are two post-primary schools (in Northern Ireland) which teach through Irish. A further three post-primary schools in ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 30 2019 - 4:18pm
... Irish deity Anu, referred to as the mother of the gods of Ireland, and the Welsh deity Don, a mother fertility goddess. The similarity in ... A survey of the internet discloses a technology firm in Ireland named Danu, the popular Celtic band Danu and many pubs named after the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 7 2014 - 8:16pm - 0 comments
... Patrick and Dominic. Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland, in 1928, Trevor was a history graduate from Trinity College, Dublin, ... as "a master" of literature. He told The Bookseller: "Ireland and Britain - the English language - have lost a great writer. ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 23 2016 - 1:17pm - 0 comments