Traditions & Customs

Everyday practices and rituals that kept Irish identity alive.

Irish History

Dec 7, 2025

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7 min read

The History of the Aran Sweater

The true origins, evolution, and meaning of Ireland’s signature knit

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Cultural Memory

Winter in the West: How Ireland Prepared for the Dark Months

Nov 30, 2025

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7 min read

Winter in the West: How Ireland Prepared for the Dark Months

The work and routines that carried families through winter

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Irish History

Galway Hookers: The Red Sails That Carried the West

Nov 29, 2025

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6 min read

Galway Hookers: The Red Sails That Carried the West

How red-sailed working boats shaped life along Galway Bay

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Irish History

Nov 13, 2025

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8 min read

Vanishing Crafts of Ireland

The old skills that once shaped every village, and the few hands that still hold their memory.

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Cultural Memory

The Quiet Fields: Ireland After the Harvest

Nov 9, 2025

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6 min read

The Quiet Fields: Ireland After the Harvest

Between Samhain and Advent, when the land rests and the hearth stirs, Ireland enters its most intimate season — slow, silent, and deeply alive.

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Irish History

Nov 7, 2025

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10 min read

The Emergency at Home (1939–1945)

How neutral Ireland endured the world’s war - with ration books, turf fires, and stubborn good humour.

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Cultural Memory

Nov 4, 2025

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6 min read

The Fires Fade: Ireland After Samhain

When summer’s light dies and winter’s hush begins, Ireland steps once more across the ancient threshold.

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Cultural Memory

Nov 2, 2025

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12 min read

The Sea in November

Storms, superstition, and the spirit world upon Ireland’s winter waters.

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Cultural Memory

Oct 30, 2025

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8 min read

Colcannon: The Fortune in the Bowl

How an Irish Halloween Supper Blended Hearth, Harvest, and Hope

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Irish History

Kelp Burning: Fire, Ash, and the Atlantic Shore

Oct 24, 2025

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8 min read

Kelp Burning: Fire, Ash, and the Atlantic Shore

From Fire to Memory: The Forgotten Industry That Lit Ireland’s Atlantic Shores

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Irish History

The Boglands Speak: What Ireland’s Peatlands Remember

Oct 21, 2025

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6 min read

The Boglands Speak: What Ireland’s Peatlands Remember

From buried kings to whispering lights, Ireland’s bogs have held memory, myth, and life for over 9,000 years — and they’re speaking again.

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Folklore & Myth

Faeries in Irish Folklore: The Hidden People of the Mounds

Oct 4, 2025

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8 min read

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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Traditions & Customs

The History of the Aran Sweater

Winter in the West: How Ireland Prepared for the Dark Months

Galway Hookers: The Red Sails That Carried the West

Vanishing Crafts of Ireland

The Quiet Fields: Ireland After the Harvest

The Emergency at Home (1939–1945)

The Fires Fade: Ireland After Samhain

The Sea in November

Colcannon: The Fortune in the Bowl

Kelp Burning: Fire, Ash, and the Atlantic Shore

The Boglands Speak: What Ireland’s Peatlands Remember

Faeries in Irish Folklore: The Hidden People of the Mounds

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