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Sun 5th October 2008
History of Irish Gaelic
Irish is a Celtic language and, as such, is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. Within the Celtic group, it belongs to the Goidelic branch of insular Celtic. Irish has evolved from a form of Celtic introduced into Ireland during the great Celtic migrations between the end of the second millennium and the fourth century BC.
Fri 2nd November 2007
Boycotting and the Agrarian Agitation
Father John O’Malley, parish priest of The Neale, Co Mayo, was the inventor of the word ‘boycott’ and Mr James Redpath, the American journalist, who came over to write the terrible story of the land war in Ireland accords O’Malley credit for inventing the word for him.
Posted in Biography, History 
Tags: Boycott, Charles Boycott, John O'Malley, Land Reform 
Last Updated: 2 Nov 2010Mon 29th October 2007
Flags of Ireland
As with many nations, there are a number of flags that represent Ireland at home and abroad here are just a few.
Mon 29th October 2007
Shorter History of Ireland
History books too long, try our Shorter History of Ireland – first published in the Crawley Irish Festival 2007 programme.
Mon 2nd April 2007
Top Ten Things Irish
The Irish have invented some of the words best inventions. Ancestry.co.uk sent out a press release on Saint Patrick’s Day to advise people searching their family tree to look for the Irish Connection.
Sat 17th March 2007
Saint Patrick [Patron Saint] of Ireland
Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. The celebration of his day is the national holiday in Ireland. Parades and parties generally celebrate the day with lots of music long into the night.
Thu 28th December 2006
Easter 1916
Neil Jordan’s film “Michael Collins” begins its story with the Easter Rising of 1916. The uprising was a cataclysmic event in Irish history: an attempt by Irish Nationalists to invoke the 1912 Home Rule Bill that had never been implemented but the insurrection ended almost as soon as it began.
Tue 29th August 2006
The Voyage of Saint Brendan
We all know that an Italian, Christopher Columbus, was the first European to discover America. But perhaps a priest from Tralee got there first?
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Literature, Religion and Mythology Tags: America, Currach, Missionary, Saint Brendan, Voyage Last Updated: 2 Nov 2010Mon 16th January 2006
Emigration and the Irish Diaspora
The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa. The Irish diaspora is said to contain over 80 million people. The term first came widely into use in Ireland in the 1990s when the President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, began using the term to describe all those of Irish descent.
Posted in History Tags: America, Australia, diaspora, emigration, nationalism, New Zealand Last Updated: 2 Nov 2010
