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 🏔️The Ringforts of Ireland – What They Actually Were
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Jun 2, 2026

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🏔️The Ringforts of Ireland – What They Actually Were

Thousands still remain across the landscape

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📚 Hedge Schools - Education Outside the System

May 28, 2026

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📚 Hedge Schools - Education Outside the System

When formal education was restricted, learning did not stop. It moved outside the system

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⚖️ The Penal Laws - How Control Was Applied
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May 26, 2026

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⚖️ The Penal Laws - How Control Was Applied

📜 How a system of restrictions reshaped land, faith, education, and daily life across generations in Ireland.

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☘️From Famine Ships to Global Stages

May 18, 2026

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☘️From Famine Ships to Global Stages

Irish migration, music, cinema, and the lives that shaped two continents.

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 🌿The Burren - A Landscape That Shouldn’t Work

May 14, 2026

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🌿The Burren - A Landscape That Shouldn’t Work

Life in the most unexpected places

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Brehon Law: How Early Ireland Governed Itself
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May 12, 2026

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Brehon Law: How Early Ireland Governed Itself

A legal system built on kinship, status, and restitution

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The 9,000-Year Lease That Changed Ireland

May 11, 2026

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The 9,000-Year Lease That Changed Ireland

Plus: Seamus Heaney on hope, Clannad’s Donegal legacy, and the Mayo cottage Grace Kelly never forgot.

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The Claddagh Ring: A Story Forged in Galway
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May 5, 2026

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The Claddagh Ring: A Story Forged in Galway

From a single design to a symbol carried across generations

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Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

May 4, 2026

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Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

A turning point shaped by fire, land, and survival

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🪨Round Towers: Not Quite What They Seem

Apr 30, 2026

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🪨Round Towers: Not Quite What They Seem

Beyond their role as watchtowers

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Irish Roots Weekly: Easter 1916 - The Week That Changed Ireland

Apr 26, 2026

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Irish Roots Weekly: Easter 1916 - The Week That Changed Ireland

The Proclamation, Pearse, the GPO, and the women who sustained the Rising.

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Irish Roots Weekly: Ireland in Voice, Verse, and Symbol

Mar 30, 2026

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Irish Roots Weekly: Ireland in Voice, Verse, and Symbol

From song and poetry to harp and city streets

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