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Esri: Mapping the Emerald Isle: A Geo Genealogy of Irish Surnames
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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Sets Steps and Ceilis: Irish Dancing
This site offers a history of set, step and Ceilis dance. Check it out!
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Bbc: History: The Irish Famine
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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Government of Ireland: Information on the Irish State
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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Set Dancing News: The Web Site for Irish Set Dancers
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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The Irish News: Home Page
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.
Ireland Information
Irish Literature
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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Irish Traditional Music Archive: Digitisation
Access a selection of materials related to traditional Irish music from the digitized holdings: sound recordings, printed materials, and visuals,
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Your Irish: The Magical Legend of the Leprechaun
A brief history of the traditional Irish leprechaun folklore.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Irish Myth of the Giant's Causeway
Iseult Gillespie recounts the Giant's Causeway myth on the coast of Northern Ireland.
New York University
Nyu Archives of Irish America: 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts
Online exhibit chronicling the Reactions of Americans to the death of 10 men on hunger strikes, all from Northern Ireland.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Voice of Nationalism: One Hundred Years of Irish Theater
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
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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Your Irish: Christmas Traditions in Ireland
A description of Christmas traditions in Ireland, including decorations, church services, meals, and the day after Christmas (St. Stephen's Day).
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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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Your Irish: Norman Invasion of Ireland
A brief history of the Norman invasions of Ireland during the 1100's, 1200's, and 1300's.
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Your Irish: Celebrating Easter Traditions in Ireland
A short description of the traditions of Easter in Ireland.
Ireland Information
Irish Christmas Traditions
A brief summary of many Christmas traditions in Ireland.
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Comhaltas Traditional Music Archive
An archive, in English and Irish, of the sounds, images, and documents of traditional Irish music and song.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923
This official Nobel Foundation profile of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats includes a biography and the text of his 1923 acceptance speech.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Witness to War
Photographic collection illustrates key events in the years following the declaration of Irish Independence in 1919.
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Henry Grattan's Parliament
The story of Henry Grattan's influence on the Irish Parliament in the late 1700's.
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The Fenian Movement
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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