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Every March, millions of Americans, Irish or not, celebrateSt. Patrick's Day, the national holiday of Ireland and Northern Ireland, by drinking Irish liquor and displaying the shamrock and other symbols of the Emerald Isle. But a closer examination of the traditions might lead to a question: ...
but the best thing to do is to look for their names in newspapers in the United States. You never know when you will come across an article about your Irish immigrant ancestor that mentions their family in Ireland. It may be an article about something notable they did, or it may b...
On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, Irish republican leaders staged an Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. The uprising, the most significant Irish revolt since 1798, took place mainly in Dublin. It was unsuccessful. The British eventually executed 16 people, including most of the ...
One of them is the Tourist Guide for the Northern Periphery, which also benefits seniors. The region of Grenada in Spain, to attract seniors in the so-called “low season”, has special programs called “Alhambra for seniors” and “Tropical Tourism Granada Programme”. In Ireland, on the ...