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1. The Capital of Ireland’s Gaeltacht Declares for the Irish Language - Galway is a Gaelic City

   ... McIntyre's blog Galway City in the west of Ireland has declared itself to be a bi-lingual city giving equal status to ... effort considering Irish is already the official language of Ireland. But then very little about the relationship between the Irish State ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 27 2017 - 12:07am - 0 comments

2. St Vigeans Museum

   ... centuries. Included in the collection is the Drosten Stone a carved cross slab with Latin and Pictish inscription dating from before ... call 01241 878 756. Image: St Vigeans Sculptured Stone Museum image courtesy of Visit Scotland. Links :  Historic ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 27 2021 - 10:13am

3. Mainland, Orkney

   ... grave with many similarities to the Newgrange site in Ireland. Encasing the tomb is a mound of some 24 feet in height and about 115 ... mound is a complex of chambers and passages built with large stone slabs. The central chamber is built to align with the light of the winter ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 9 2016 - 8:31pm

4. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith

   ... in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849", by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The first paragraph sets the tone: At the beginning of 1845, the state of Ireland was as it had been for nearly seven hundred years, a source of grave ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 21 2017 - 8:33pm

5. Negative Foster refuses to support an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland

   ... launch of her party's election campaign for the Northern Ireland Assembly election she said she would not be supporting the introduction of an Irish Language Act. No surprise there as hostility to Ireland’s indigenous ethnicity including the Gaelic language is deeply ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 6 2017 - 9:05pm - 0 comments

6. Ireland: National Famine Commemoration at Glasnevin Cemetery

   ... Commemoration took place today at Glasnevin Cemetery, in Ireland's capital Dublin. Irish President Michael D Higgins unveiled a Celtic cross memorial to Ireland's one million Famine dead following the failure of the potato crop. At ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 1 2016 - 2:45pm - 0 comments

7. The Struggle For The Irish Language Unites All Of Ireland - Demonstration Planned for Belfast

   ... Irish speaking community. Attracting people from all over Ireland, the “Lá Mór na Gaeilge” (A Great Day Of Irish) was seen as both ... speakers. The campaign will now be taken to Belfast, Ireland’s second city.  The BBC are reporting that a demonstration organised ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Feb 22 2014 - 2:44pm - 0 comments

8. Remembering Constance Markievicz staunch Irish Republican who played integral role in birth of modern Ireland

   ... who was to play an integral role in the birth of modern Ireland. Born Constance Gore-Booth in Lissadell, Co. Sligo on February 4, 1868. ... Sinn Féin and Inghinidhe na hÉireann ('Daughters of Ireland'), a radical Irish nationalist women's organisation. Known as ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 13 2021 - 2:22pm

9. Megalithic passage tomb discovered at Brú na Bóinne in Ireland

   ... Heritage Site in County Meath (Contae na Mí) in the east of Ireland, is a remarkable place. It is famous for the three passage tombs, ... Dowth, built some 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic or Late Stone Age. Ninety monuments have also so far been recorded in the area. ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 16 2018 - 5:19pm

10. On a Second Referendum - Call for the Union of an Independent Scotland and Ireland

    ... form of union between the republic, an independent Northern Ireland and an independent Scotland, a union which could be of benefit to the ... the title “Agenda – Should an Independent Scotland and Ireland Consider a Union”, the author speculates on the impact of ...

    Emmett McIntyre - Apr 4 2017 - 2:43am

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