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Esri: Mapping the Emerald Isle: A Geo Genealogy of Irish Surnames

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever wonder if you had ancestors from Ireland? This interactive map lets you search for your surname and see what counties a clan with your name would have lived in based on the 1890 census.
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Article
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Sets Steps and Ceilis: Irish Dancing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a history of set, step and Ceilis dance. Check it out!
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BBC

Bbc: History: The Irish Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC historian Jim Donnelly describes how a million people died of hunger in Ireland in the late 1840s, on the doorstep of the world's richest nation. Archived.
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Website
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Government of Ireland: Information on the Irish State

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will help you to find government organizations or information by providing links, recent publications, and a search engine that searches all government sites. There is also general information about Ireland including some...
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Website
Other

Set Dancing News: The Web Site for Irish Set Dancers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Irish Set Dancing News includes a description of Irish set dancing, set dancing news, anthology, and workshops. Also links to other Irish dance information.
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Website
Other

The Irish News: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of the Irish News. Includes news on sports, entertainment, business, education, weather and more. A great way to get a first hand look at Irish culture.
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eBook
Ireland Information

Irish Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Eight complete works of Irish literature by 8 different writers are presented free. The writers are Wilde, Shaw, Synge, Stoker, Plunkett, Behan, O'Connor, O'Flaherty, and Friel.
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Website
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Irish Traditional Music Archive: Digitisation

For Students 9th - 10th
Access a selection of materials related to traditional Irish music from the digitized holdings: sound recordings, printed materials, and visuals,
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Activity
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Your Irish: The Magical Legend of the Leprechaun

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the traditional Irish leprechaun folklore.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of G. A. Henty's In The Irish Brigade: A Tale Of War In Flanders And Spain has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Irish Myth of the Giant's Causeway

For Students 9th - 10th
Iseult Gillespie recounts the Giant's Causeway myth on the coast of Northern Ireland.
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Website
New York University

Nyu Archives of Irish America: 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit chronicling the Reactions of Americans to the death of 10 men on hunger strikes, all from Northern Ireland.
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Article
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Voice of Nationalism: One Hundred Years of Irish Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
The emphasis is on the beginnings of the Abbey Theater. The selection discusses Yeats' contributions to the establishment of the theater, some of the movements and more current writers under what is called the "Celtic Revival."
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Understanding Race: The Famine and the Irish Race: 1840s 1890s

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses how the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the potato famine in Ireland brought millions of people to the U.S. and highlights some of the impacts of immigration during this time.
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Article
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Your Irish: Christmas Traditions in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Christmas traditions in Ireland, including decorations, church services, meals, and the day after Christmas (St. Stephen's Day).
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Wiggin

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work was written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author famously known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
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Handout
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Your Irish: Norman Invasion of Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Norman invasions of Ireland during the 1100's, 1200's, and 1300's.
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Article
Other

Your Irish: Celebrating Easter Traditions in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of the traditions of Easter in Ireland.
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Handout
Ireland Information

Irish Christmas Traditions

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of many Christmas traditions in Ireland.
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Website
Other

Comhaltas Traditional Music Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive, in English and Irish, of the sounds, images, and documents of traditional Irish music and song.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923

For Students 9th - 10th
This official Nobel Foundation profile of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats includes a biography and the text of his 1923 acceptance speech.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Witness to War

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic collection illustrates key events in the years following the declaration of Irish Independence in 1919.
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Article
Irelands Eye

Henry Grattan's Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Henry Grattan's influence on the Irish Parliament in the late 1700's.
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Article
Irelands Eye

The Fenian Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The brief history of the Fenian Movement in Ireland during the mid-1800's, as they tried to fight for Irish independence and home rule.

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