‘The best place to see Edna O’Brien was at Mass’: the banned and burned author’s complex relationship with Ireland ‘You have to be dead in Ireland to be a hero. History has shown us that; there are no living martyrs’ - O’Brien’s nephew ...
Origin: Irish Setters are a gundog breed that originated in Ireland. Originally bred to hunt birds, some Irish Setters continue hunting them today. Size: Irish Setters are large dogs, typically standing 25-27 inches tall at the shoulder and weighing 60-70 pounds. They have long, silky ...
From the legend of the Claddagh ring to 'drowning the Shamrock' on St. Patrick's Day Irish Culture and Customs is a collection of articles and stories that covers a wide variety of topics drawn from Ireland's rich history and heritage. - World Cultures E
Introduced into Ireland by Victorian beekeepers to provide winter nectar for bees, Winter Heliotrope has become invasive, covering the ground in large kidney-shaped leaves and leaving no room for native species. Nevertheless, they do introduce a welcome note of colour and scent in the depths of ...
Some people call it ‘eggplant’ but we will stick with aubergine since we are in Ireland and we grow shamrocks and other cool stuff like that! So this is something that my friend graciously unearthed to me and I have never forgotten… by slicing your aubergine into 8cm thick slices and ...
Our long-term plan develops rich content and art work for each of the sites (stages 2 and 3). We will then celebrate wider connections by taking the message of this project further afield – i.e., partnering with international famine trails such as those in Ireland and North America; mak...
is a diminutive of seamair (clover), so the similarity may be a coincidence, or else early Christian missionaries brought knowledge of a plant with symbolic attributes from the Arab world and applied it to the white clover, wood sorrel or lesser yellow trefoil that they found in Ireland. ...
Luckily, we happened to be in Ireland for my birthday this year and I decided I wanted to take a trip to Westport, Co Mayo, which is on the west coast – right on the Atlantic. It is famous for being close to Croagh Patrick – Ireland’s holy mountain. Legend has it that St Patri...
You’ve got to find the silver lining in all this…am I right?! Not get involved in disagreements. My kids argue. They always have. Period. They’re what we call in Ireland “chalk and cheese”. What’s important to them is that we stay out of those arguments…and we don’t pick...
My great-grandfather, Thomas Francis Dolan’s was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, [1] but with parents, John and Ann, and the common surname, DOLAN, I may never learn my Dolan ancestral townland. However, discovering Thomas had a brother who came to him in Boston, let me add anothe...