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1. Welsh language, one of the first cornerstones to connect and bind Wales with Ireland as a Celtic Nation

   ... as keen as ever to promote and foster Welsh links with Ireland; we have many similarities in terms of our traditions, culture and economies. Wales – Ireland links are more important than ever, which is also evident by Irish ...

   Mair Williams - Feb 26 2019 - 8:57am

2. The Capital of Ireland’s Gaeltacht Declares for the Irish Language - Galway is a Gaelic City

   ... McIntyre's blog Galway City in the west of Ireland has declared itself to be a bi-lingual city giving equal status to ... effort considering Irish is already the official language of Ireland. But then very little about the relationship between the Irish State ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 27 2017 - 12:07am - 0 comments

3. American Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Is Tricked by Faeries Into Declaring for the Irish Tongue

   ... to Belfast in his capacity as the Chair of the “Northern Ireland Inter-Party Talks Dealing with Parades, Flags and the Past”. Mr Haass ... Faery Rings must be ranked  high. For a Faery Ring is “A circle found in a lawn or pasture land thought to have been caused by dancing ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jun 28 2014 - 7:10pm - 0 comments

4. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith

   ... in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849", by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The first paragraph sets the tone: At the beginning of 1845, the state of Ireland was as it had been for nearly seven hundred years, a source of grave ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 21 2017 - 8:33pm

5. Negative Foster refuses to support an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland

   ... launch of her party's election campaign for the Northern Ireland Assembly election she said she would not be supporting the introduction of an Irish Language Act. No surprise there as hostility to Ireland’s indigenous ethnicity including the Gaelic language is deeply ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 6 2017 - 9:05pm - 0 comments

6. Ireland: National Famine Commemoration at Glasnevin Cemetery

   ... Commemoration took place today at Glasnevin Cemetery, in Ireland's capital Dublin. Irish President Michael D Higgins unveiled a Celtic cross memorial to Ireland's one million Famine dead following the failure of the potato crop. At ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 1 2016 - 2:45pm - 0 comments

7. The Struggle For The Irish Language Unites All Of Ireland - Demonstration Planned for Belfast

   ... Irish speaking community. Attracting people from all over Ireland, the “Lá Mór na Gaeilge” (A Great Day Of Irish) was seen as both ... speakers. The campaign will now be taken to Belfast, Ireland’s second city.  The BBC are reporting that a demonstration organised ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Feb 22 2014 - 2:44pm - 0 comments

8. Adding colour to Pictish carved stones

   ... descendants of the ancient people of pre-history from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age who have always lived there. The Picts, ... many have legends attached to them such as the Maiden Stone. Now researchers have suggested that they may have painted the stones ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jun 26 2017 - 4:13pm

9. Remembering Constance Markievicz staunch Irish Republican who played integral role in birth of modern Ireland

   ... who was to play an integral role in the birth of modern Ireland. Born Constance Gore-Booth in Lissadell, Co. Sligo on February 4, 1868. ... Sinn Féin and Inghinidhe na hÉireann ('Daughters of Ireland'), a radical Irish nationalist women's organisation. Known as ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 13 2021 - 2:22pm

10. Arbroath Abbey

    ... wall. It was at Arbroath Abbey in 1951 that the Stone of Destiny , captured by Edward 1, was found after it's return to ... it from Westminster Abbey. Although returned to London the stone was eventually given back in 1996 and is now at Edinburgh castle. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 27 2021 - 8:47am

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