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The Most Irish of Towns Outside Ireland? (#745)
This week we look at the fact that there are many, many more people of Irish descent OUTSIDE the island of Ireland than on the island of Ireland. Many Irish…
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Galway Bay and the Music and Songs of Connaught (#744)
Welcome to this special musical edition of the Letter from Ireland podcast. We take a tour around the five counties – Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon – of the…
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Is This The Best Memorial For an Irish Ancestor? (#743)
In this episode we look at two types of storyteller. First, we have the “bard” who composes songs to honour the deeds and exploits of the great (and not so…
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How The Irish Saved Civilisation (#742)
In this episode, we look at the time of the Brehon laws of Ireland and take an example of just some of these Gaelic common laws that held our society…
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Come Into An Irish Pub (#740)
In this episode, we feature two Irish Pub stories- intriguingly connected together. In the first story, we chat about the book McCarthy’s Bar – which gives a comical view of both…
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