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Find Your Home in Every Story of Ireland

You’ve read our stories - now let them find you. Each week, we share new tales of Ireland’s people, places, and past - beautifully written and sent from Ireland straight to your inbox.

Written in Ireland. Read around the world.

From the storytellers at Irish Roots Heritage Plus

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Irish Flags

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Banner of the Harp

Oct 14, 2025

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8 min read

Banner of the Harp

The story of Ireland’s first flag — and the harp that still sings of home.

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Folklore & Myth

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Faeries in Irish Folklore: The Hidden People of the Mounds

Oct 4, 2025

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Faeries in Irish Folklore: The Hidden People of the Mounds

At Irish Roots Heritage Plus, we believe some aspects of Irish culture is best understood not just through facts - but through feeling. This reflection on faery folklore traces the quiet border between memory and mystery - and why that border still matters.

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Stanza Reflections

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The Lake Isle of Innisfree: A Soulful Journey. Part 1

Oct 4, 2025

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8 min read

The Lake Isle of Innisfree: A Soulful Journey. Part 1

A search for stillness, and the promise of a different kind of life.

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Irish Roots Weekly

How Ireland Remembers Love

Feb 15, 2026

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9 min read

How Ireland Remembers Love

Symbols, stories, and names carried across centuries and generations

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Irish Roots Weekly

Irish Roots Weekly

Feb 8, 2026

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8 min read

Irish Roots Weekly

From Revolution to Hearth: Five Irish Stories

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Irish Roots Weekly

Irish Roots Weekly:🌿St Brigid, Imbolc, and the Quiet Work of Continuity.

Feb 1, 2026

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Irish Roots Weekly:🌿St Brigid, Imbolc, and the Quiet Work of Continuity.

How a winter threshold became a household season of readiness.

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Irish Diaspora

Irish Diaspora

Fairytale of New York

Dec 22, 2025

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7 min read

Fairytale of New York

How a song about distance, memory, and regret came to define Christmas

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Irish Diaspora

Banner of the Harp

Oct 14, 2025

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8 min read

Banner of the Harp

The story of Ireland’s first flag — and the harp that still sings of home.

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Irish Diaspora

The Irish Diaspora: A People Scattered, A Culture Remembered

Oct 4, 2025

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7 min read

The Irish Diaspora: A People Scattered, A Culture Remembered

A story of resilience, memory, and a journey that shaped the world — and Ireland itself.

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Irish Roots Weekly

How Ireland Remembers Love

Feb 15, 2026

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9 min read

How Ireland Remembers Love

Symbols, stories, and names carried across centuries and generations

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Irish Roots Weekly

Feb 8, 2026

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8 min read

Irish Roots Weekly

From Revolution to Hearth: Five Irish Stories

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Irish Roots Weekly

Irish Roots Weekly:🌿St Brigid, Imbolc, and the Quiet Work of Continuity.

Feb 1, 2026

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8 min read

Irish Roots Weekly:🌿St Brigid, Imbolc, and the Quiet Work of Continuity.

How a winter threshold became a household season of readiness.

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Irish Roots Weekly

Jan 25, 2026

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Irish Roots Weekly

A weekly selection from across Irish life and memory

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Irish Roots Weekly

Jan 18, 2026

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Irish Roots Weekly

History, work, memory, and words kept carefully

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What Endures

Jan 4, 2026

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What Endures

Small places, shared memory, and the quiet ways Ireland travels with its people.

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Irish Roots Weekly

Happy New Year to You

Dec 31, 2025

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Happy New Year to You

As 2025 comes to a close, we want to begin simply by wishing you a Happy New Year.

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Irish Roots Weekly

Irish Roots Weekly: After Christmas, the Quieter Days

Dec 28, 2025

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Irish Roots Weekly: After Christmas, the Quieter Days

St Stephen’s Day, the Wren Boys, winter darkness, and places that have stayed much the same.

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From Ireland, at Christmas

Dec 25, 2025

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5 min read

From Ireland, at Christmas

A season of welcome, memory, and thanks

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