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☀️Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

☀️Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

A turning point shaped by fire, land, and survival

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Irish Roots

Cultural Memory

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The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne
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Jun 30, 2026

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The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne

A story of loyalty, pursuit, and a fate that could not be avoided.

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Irish Roots
👮Why Early Ireland Had No Prisons

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

👮Why Early Ireland Had No Prisons

A legal system built on restitution, not confinement

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Irish Roots
🏙️ Why New Towns Appeared in Ulster
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Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

🏙️ Why New Towns Appeared in Ulster

These towns were not growth. They were placed, built, and used to hold control in place.

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Irish Roots
🎶 The Harp, The Poet, The Surname and The Film

Jun 21, 2026

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🎶 The Harp, The Poet, The Surname and The Film

☘️Four enduring connections to Ireland's cultural heritage

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Irish Roots
⚔️ The Plantation of Ulster – How Land Was Reshaped
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Jun 16, 2026

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⚔️ The Plantation of Ulster – How Land Was Reshaped

Land did not change hands quietly. It was taken, measured, and rebuilt to serve a new order.

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Irish Roots
🕊️ The Words, Music and Ideas That Shaped Ireland

Jun 14, 2026

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4 min read

🕊️ The Words, Music and Ideas That Shaped Ireland

🎶 From Nobel laureates to folk legends and ancient traditions

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Irish Roots
🌿 The Burren Was Never Empty Land

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

🌿 The Burren Was Never Empty Land

Where Stone Holds the Memory of Ancient Ireland

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Irish Roots
🪨 The Ancient Irish Alphabet: Ogham

Jun 10, 2026

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4 min read

🪨 The Ancient Irish Alphabet: Ogham

A Script Carved into the Land

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Irish Roots
📜 This Week in Irish Roots - Stories, Memory, and Place

Jun 7, 2026

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📜 This Week in Irish Roots - Stories, Memory, and Place

The posts that resonated this week, brought together in one place

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Irish Roots

Irish History

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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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Irish Roots
📚 Hedge Schools - Education Outside the System

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

📚 Hedge Schools - Education Outside the System

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

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Irish Roots

Irish History

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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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Irish Roots
☘️From Famine Ships to Global Stages

May 18, 2026

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5 min read

☘️From Famine Ships to Global Stages

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

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Irish Roots
 🌿The Burren - A Landscape That Shouldn’t Work

May 14, 2026

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5 min read

🌿The Burren - A Landscape That Shouldn’t Work

Life in the most unexpected places

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

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3 min read

Brehon Law: How Early Ireland Governed Itself

A legal system built on kinship, status, and restitution

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Irish Roots
The 9,000-Year Lease That Changed Ireland

May 11, 2026

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4 min read

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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Irish Roots

Irish History

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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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Irish Roots
Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

May 4, 2026

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4 min read

Bealtaine: When Summer Began in Ireland

A turning point shaped by fire, land, and survival

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Irish Roots
🪨Round Towers: Not Quite What They Seem

Apr 30, 2026

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4 min read

🪨Round Towers: Not Quite What They Seem

Beyond their role as watchtowers

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

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

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

Mar 30, 2026

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7 min read

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

From song and poetry to harp and city streets

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Irish Roots

Irish Roots Weekly

Mothers of Ireland - and the Roots We Carry

Mar 15, 2026

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Mothers of Ireland - and the Roots We Carry

From the quiet strength of Irish mothers to the worldwide celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day.

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Irish Roots

Irish Roots Weekly

Irish Roots Weekly

Mar 1, 2026

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7 min read

Irish Roots Weekly

Symbols, Stories, and Quiet Endurance

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Irish Roots

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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