Ireland offers some fantastic possibilities when it comes to getting away from it all. From city breaks to country retreats and mountain climbing to surfing, Ireland has it all. The countryside remains largely untouched whilst the major towns on Ireland’s coast offer modern cosmopolitanism coupled with the traditional atmosphere that tourists have come to expect from the emerald isle.
Hurling is traditionally regarded as Ireland’s national sport although Gaelic Football takes dominance in many Irish counties such as County Dublin.
Gaelic football forms an important role in Irish sport. Both men and women’s games will be played at the sports arena. GAA will also be displayed on the Setanta Sports Screen in the Refreshment Tent.
The Irish Famine has been given many names, each conjuring up an image of the event: The Great Hunger, Black ’47, The Great Starvation and so on. The horror of the event seems so long ago but similar events appear daily in our news headlines.
The term ‘patriot’ is best known in relation to the American War of Independence but the origins of Patriotism began in Ireland with the writings of Jonathan Swift and William Molyneux who wrote: “liberty seems the independent right of all mankind”.
Posted in Biography, History 
Tags: Daniel O'Connell, Jonathan Swift, nationalism, Patriotism, Rebellion, William Molyneux 
Last Updated: 2 Nov 2010
The Fleadh Week was held 20-28 August 2005 and concluded with the 10th Annual Crawley Irish Festival. Sunday’s Irish Festival was the most popular ever as over 10,000 people attended the event.
