... 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 ... year is Seamus Kennedy. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Seamus Kennedy has been entertaining audiences all over the United ...
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 ... 8 Gold Albums, it is no wonder the Ramblers are classed as Ireland’s Number One Group. Searson, comprised of sisters Erin and ...
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 ... to a very encouraging reversal in the decline of Gaelic in Ireland. Quoting from the article: “Contrary to popular perception, the ...
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 ... with Celtic culture. Nick Watson, from County Down in Ireland (vocals, drums, percussion) has played with the award winning Field ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 18 2014 - 4:03pm - 0 comments
... 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 ... Irish language, and three out of ten people on the island of Ireland can speak some Irish. As a nation, we need to ensure that our State ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 13 2016 - 5:04pm - 0 comments
... By the way this is exactly what happened in the 1930s in Ireland when the Free State, which had a similar relationship to the UK (this ... from surveying the history of the period, despite the fact Ireland and the UK had not had to best of relationships (to put it mildly!) the ...
Myghal Map Serpren - May 19 2015 - 5:34pm - 0 comments
... status and is now fighting to get it back. Something that Ireland succeeded in doing after they broke from the "Act of Union (Ireland) 1800". The fact that the United Kingdom can seriously put forward ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 18 2021 - 2:46pm