... substantially preserved historical castle. It stands on St Patrick’s Isle (Manx: Ellan Noo Perick), a small island off the west coast of ... set foot in the Isle of Man in 444 AD when on his way to Ireland. He is then said to have appointed the Celtic missionary St German who ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog Emain Macha (Navan Fort) is a large circular Iron Age ... to the city of Armagh (Irish: Ard Mhacha) in the north of Ireland. For centuries it was home to the kings and queens of Ulster, which ... from Queen's University, Belfast is now being undertaken. Dr Patrick Gleeson is part of the research team which is trying to interpret the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Aug 23 2023 - 11:39am
Ireland is a land rich in mythology and folklore. Reflected in the names of its ... a boundary between this world and the Otherworld. Ireland's ancient rivers are steeped in tales about the ancient Gaelic gods of the ... river in Ulster. It rises on the east of Slieve Glah mountain in County Cavan (Contae an Chabháin). It flows for a length of about ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Aug 30 2018 - 4:05pm
Ireland (Éire) is a country and island northwest of continental Europe and west of Britain. Ireland's ancient and beautiful landscape is varied with lakes, islands, mountains. ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog This year’s National Famine Commemoration will take place ... of months following Saturday's Commemoration. The annual National Famine Commemoration is an important event that remembers the ... of the famine. The British government's (who then ruled Ireland) response to this catastrophic period of Irish history continues to be ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - May 11 2018 - 8:10pm
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We are still attempting to ... The Easter Rising had an influence however far beyond Ireland and indeed the other Celtic countries as Australian historian Daniel ... literatures had also installed Irish figures such as Patrick Pearse and James Connolly in equally (and sometimes more) exalted ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog There are few people in politics as disagreeable as ... launch of her party's election campaign for the Northern Ireland Assembly election she said she would not be supporting the introduction ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann) has ... Auld, Michael Donnelly, Kevin Hannaway, Francis McGuigan, Patrick McNally, Michael Montgomery, Davy Rodgers, Liam Shannon and Brian ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 16 2023 - 1:17pm
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog At a hearing of the Court of Appeal in Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) last week, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann) were ... it's a disgrace." Image: Edward Barnard, whose brother Patrick was murdered by the Glenanne gang, speaks to media outside of Court of ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 9 2019 - 4:29pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog On Saturday 15th February an estimated 10,000 people ... Irish speaking community. Attracting people from all over Ireland, the “Lá Mór na Gaeilge” (A Great Day Of Irish) was seen as both ...
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