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Irish Culture & Customs - Articles:

Celebrating Samhain – What This Time Of Year Means to Me.

The Irish President and The Irish Poet.

An Irish Bog Story for You.

Remembering St. Brigid of Ireland.

Our Irish Christmas Traditions – What are Yours?

Thomas Francis Meagher Escapes from Tasmania.

The Skellig Islands, Star Wars and an Irish Lent.

Have You Heard of The Irish Patriot called Michael Collins?

A Celtic Festival to Celebrate

The Man Behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution.

When Laurel & Hardy came to Ireland.

Is This The Best Irish Memorial Ever?

Where Did The Irish Come From? The Origins of the Irish.

Do You Know this Irish American Hero?

Do You Have an Irish Saint in Your Family Tree?

Modern Slave Labour and The Magdalene Laundries

The Irish Language and a Terrible Story of Injustice

The One-Armed Wonderboy of Oriel

An Irish Song in London Town

The Last Resident of an Irish Island

Many Have Loved Your Moments of Glad Grace

Come Down to the Irish Pub

An Irish Saint Valentine

The Irish Bard of the Hooley

Irish Sayings, Two Paddys and One Yank

Have You Had Your Riverdance Moment?

An Irish Placename Travels Abroad to the City of Baltimore.

A Different Sort of Irish Music

Philomena

The Stone Circles and Druids of Ireland

The Great Houses of Ireland

Holland and the Irish Submarine

Animal Rights and Humanity Dick

The Irish Traffic Lights of Syracuse

Saint Nicholas of Kilkenny

From County Down to the Wuthering Heights of Yorkshire

The Choctaw Nation and Ireland

An Irish Dracula.

Have you heard of The Irish Banshee?

The Music of Chief O’Neill

The Life, Plays and Wisdom of George Bernard Shaw

Green, White and the Orange Order

The Wine Geese of France

Ernest Shackleton and the Irish Antarctic Connection.

The Tailor and Ansty – An Irish Storyteller

Saint Brendan’s Voyage

A Special Saint Patrick’s Day Message to all of our readers

The Hedge School Teachers of Ireland

An Irish Mentor

The Easter Rising, 1916

A Story of Irish Quakers, the Famine and Pennsylvania

Have You Ever Had a Drop of Irish Whiskey?

Irish Sayings – Is there Room for the Irish language in your Life?

Do You See Yourself as Irish?

How The Irish Saved Civilisation

Religion in Ireland – A Methodical Approach

A Tale of Dual Irish Citizenship and a Little More

Connecting With Your Irish Cousins

Meitheamh – Mid-Summer in Ireland

Saint Patricks Day: Looking into Saint Patrick’s Mirror

The O’Neills of Ireland – Fact and Fiction

The Irish Famine and Dear Old Skibbereen

Do You Use an Advent Calendar in Your House?

Letter to the People of Ireland – Care of – President Michael D. Higgins

Irish Culture & Customs - Podcast Episodes:

From The Vikings to The Normans (#737)

The Mother & Baby Homes of Ireland (#736)

The Pogues & More – A Different Sort of Irish Music (#735)

Danny Boy and the Music and Songs of Ulster (#734)

Reporting The Great Irish Famine (#733)

Holland & Brown – 2 Irish Giants of Naval History (#731)

When Did Your Ancestor ARRIVE in Ireland (#730)

Old Irish Culture and Traditions (#729)

Ireland, Religion, Methodists, Quakers & Pennsylvania (#728)

Ulster Scots and the Orange Order (#727)

Irish Proverbs and Irish Accents (#726)

Enjoy the High Spirits of the Irish (#725)

The Evolution of Irish Music in 12 Tracks (#724)

Inside the Hedge Schools of Ireland (#722)

Will You Travel With This Irish Saint? (#716)

An Irish Rebel Easter (#715)

A Journey Along The St. Lawrence River (#714)

It’s Time for an Irish Census (#713)

An Irish Musical Education (#712)

Let’s Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! (#711)

Would You Live on an Irish Island? (#710)

James Bond Meets Sherlock Holmes – An Irish Story (#709)

Murder in The West of Ireland – (#708)

Elvis and The Fighting Irish – (#707)

A Valentine Card From Ireland – (#706)

The Death of An Irish Chieftain – (#705)

A Celtic Spring – (#704)

Ireland, Scotland & Robbie Burns – (#703)

Two Giants of Irish Literature – (#702)

All God’s Creatures Have a Place in the Choir – (#701)

The Holy Wells of Ireland – Saints, Cures and Tradition (#501)

A Tale of Two Cities – The Tenement Museums of Dublin and New York (#408)

The Irish Festival at the start of a Celtic Spring (#403)

An Irish Halloween – Stories from “Samhain” (#310)

The Beatles – Meet The Liverpool Irish (#307)

Meet 5 Irish Heroes – People Making a Difference in Heritage (#305)

A Summer Festival – Bealtaine, the Start of an Irish Summer (#211)

Irish Revolution – Meet the Man behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution (#210)

An Irish Bard – The Story of a Modern Irish Poet and Storyteller (#204)

Saint Valentine of Dublin – His Life and Final Resting Place (#203)

From Ireland to Scotland – A Tale for Burns Night (#201)

Christmas in Ireland – Tales from an Irish Home (#119)

Religion in Ireland – Let’s Take a Different Perspective (#118)

2 Irish Gentlemen – Tales of Integrity and Principle (#116)

Fake News? – How The Irish Famine was Depicted Overseas (#115)

Shackleton and St. Brendan – Irish Explorers who Took on The World (#112)

A Trip to The Moon – In the Footsteps of 2 Irish Scientists (#109)

4 Irish Women – Tales of Adversity and Triumph (#107)

2 Tales about Religion in Ireland (#105)

Irish Whiskey – A Drop of the “Water of Life” (#103)

Irish Sayings – Is there room for the Irish language in your life? (#102)

A New Podcast – Welcome to The Letter from Ireland Show (#101)

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