Prior to the Anglo-Norman invasions Ireland was home to between 80-140 independent petty kingdoms called túatha. A person’s idea of nationhood was local to their home túath and kin-group (fine). Each túath had its king elected from among its noble grades, each had their own customs and traditions, styles of dress, particular songs and legends… via …
Ireland. Farming in the Good Old Days. — IRELAND – MALTA – TRAVEL
https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4VxvlU_29I?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Ireland of the past was truly an agricultural economy. A century ago two thirds of Irish farms were owner-occupied and this trend was to gather pace in the following decades. The size structure of farms was heavily weighted towards smaller holdings: about 230,000 farms were less than 30 acres in contrast with around 50,000 …
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Ireland reclaiming its greenery with plans to plant 440 million trees by 2040 to tackle climate change — Life & Soul Magazine
The Emerald Isle is reclaiming its green as Ireland announced plans to plant 440 million trees by 2040, as part of its efforts to tackle climate change. Ireland first announced its climate plan in June, pledging to create 19,768 acres of new forestry land a year. Now the country is aiming to plant 22million trees …
‘The Meeting of the Waters’ by Thomas Moore — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
‘The Meeting of the Waters’ Thomas Moore There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet; O, the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that Nature… via …
Revival of the Irish Wolfhound — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
The Irish wolfhound is a persistent symbol of ancient Celtic nobility and integrity. By the middle of the 19th century the original Irish wolfhound had all but disappeared, along with its foe the Irish wolf, and no one really had a clear idea of what it had looked like in its heyday. Around this time,… via …
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A few, perhaps unknown, facts about Ireland… — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
The majority of people attribute the guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland almost 500 years before it made its way to France. A man named Murcod Ballagh seemingly used it for an execution near Merton in Co Galway on 1 April 1307. Dundalk Jail was built in… via …
The Gaelic Harp — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
No musical instrument has ever had to carry so much baggage, surely, as the Irish harp. It has been the symbol both of Ireland under English rule and of the Irish Free State. Unadorned, on a green background, it was a rebel flag in 1916. While its earliest origins are lost, the Irish harp has… via …
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Whale stranding death toll rises to 58 in Scotland and Ireland — BBC News – Science & Environment
By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter More whales have been found dead on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland following several strandings of the animals at the end of last month. Eleven whales were found dead over the course of one week in August. Whale and Dolphin Conservation said the toll had …
The Story We Don’t Talk About: On Irishness, Immigration, and Race
By Maeve Higgins In January of 2014, a girl who had left from Cobh in Ireland (formerly known as Queenstown) journeyed across the Atlantic, and skipped rosy-cheeked off an airplane at John F. Kennedy Airport to start her new life. That was me, compensating for my indoor ghost face with too much blush in a …
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The Irish tan… — In and around Dublin
… there is always the odd Scot who tries to compete, but that’s about it. via The Irish tan… — In and around Dublin
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