Brian Boru and the End of the Viking Age?
For centuries, Ireland has told the stories of the great High King Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf: a battle that’s accredited as the end of the Viking’s reign…
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The Vikings | Why They Came and How They Stayed
The great Viking love affair with Ireland would begin in 795 AD, and go on for 333 years. These times would see some of the darkest moments in Irish history:…
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Queen Medb, Fact or Fiction, and Why it Matters
It is not unusual to fall victim to the idea that women did not hold roles of power in history, or that they did not hold equal positions to that…
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St. Columba, The Monks, and The Making of the Western World
On June 9th, we celebrate the feast day of St. Columba, the patron saint of Derry, floods, books, poets, Ireland and Scotland. The saint is associated with a series of…
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A Selection of Art
Saint Kevin and the Blackbird by Imogen Stuart RHA (b. 1927) The feel of wood, the smell of wood, the sound it makes when cut or gouged with a chisel…
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Sweet Money and the Bee Man of County Clare
In the wake of the Great Famine, there was a concerted push to increase Irish beekeeping as a means to support the country's destitute population.
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When I Die
On the occasion of Poetry Day Ireland, we share a poem of Gabriel Fitzmaurice's on the chosen theme 'Written in the stars'.
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A classic master piece of translation by a great Irish poet
Book enthusiast Peter Costello recalls the pleasure of reading and owning the original Dolmen Press edition of The Tain
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Attending an Easter Vigil
Award-winning content creator Valerie O'Sullivan captures the beauty of Easter vigil at St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney on Holy Saturday.
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The Holy Week in an Irish Monastery
The Benedictine monks of Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick are captured celebrating the Holiest week for Christians by award-winning photographer Valerie O'Sullivan in this exclusive extract from her book.
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