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Transcript: Interactive Discussion on Ireland's Easter Rising
The following is a transcript of the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Some editing has been applied for…
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Irish Myths and Legends Part 1: Introducing Rab Fulton
I am a very lucky man. I live on a hill in Galway surrounded by a landscape and seascape filled with myths and legends, and make a living doing what I love - telling stories and writing books, mostly about (or influenced by) the older tales of Ireland and Scotland. Yet, I would be…
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Knowledge Quiz - Who Said it: Father Ted or Bertie Ahern?
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This Week in the History of the Irish: April 5 - April 11
DOMHNAIGH -- On April 5, 1818, Bernardo O'Higgins
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Knowledge Quiz: Know Your Irish County Nicknames
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 29 - April 4
LUAIN -- On March 30, 1873, Richard Church (right), of County Cork, soldier, sometimes called the "liberator of Greece," died in Athens. Church was born in Cork in 1784. As a young man he ran off to join the British army. As ensign in the 13th (Somersetshire) Light Infantry he…
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Faugh a Ballagh (’Clear the Way’) for TheWildGeese.IRISH
With the push of an aul’ button or two, The Wild Geese Irish Social Network, aka TheWildGeese.com, has been reborn, becoming TheWildGeese.Irish. (Try typing it in your browser. It works!)
Finally, we have digitally married The Wild Geese to the Irish…
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Knowledge Quiz: Do You Know Anything About the Real Saint Patrick?
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 22 - March 28
LUAIN -- On March 23, 1862, Irish-born Union General James Shields (left: pictured during the Mexican…
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St. Patrick's Day in Chile
IRISH SHOW THEIR TRUE COLOURS THIS ST. PATRICK’S DAY
The official society of the Irish in Chile, “The Wild Geese”, will be celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day by turning some of Santiago’s famous landmarks green this Tuesday…
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The Greening of the World
Here is a note from Tourism Ireland about turning the world green for St. Patrick's Day.
Tourism Ireland today announced that the Colosseum in Rome, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in the fabled district of Montmartre overlooking Paris and the Grand Ole Opry (the show that…
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St. Patrick's Day in Japan
Toru Tazura O'Connell, the Public Relations Director of the Irish Network Japan was kind enough to send in the following thoughts about St. Patrick's Day celebrations in…
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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn: An Irishman in Japan
The Embassy of Ireland in Tokyo promotes the achievement of Lafcadio Hearn as one of the most important historical connections between Ireland and Japan. A special library devoted to books by and about Hearn was opened at the Embassy in 1987. The Embassy is also closely involved with many Hearn –related e events in Japan including links with Matsue in…
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In `92, Billy Yank and Johnnie Reb March in Dublin
By Joe Gannon and Gerry Regan
It’s hard to believe that it’s now been 23 years since we participated in one of our most memorable St.…
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Leprechaun: Ireland’s Most Distinguished Fairy
The following is an excerpt from an article of the same title, first published on the website: Tales and Whispers.…
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Limerick Challenge - Last Day to Enter!
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we invite you to try your hand at writing a limerick! The three best submissions will each win a child-size T-shirt from our friends at Hairy Baby Clothing Company. Post your…
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Personality Quiz: Which Female Irish Icon Should be Your BFF?
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St. Patrick and the Skerries
Saint Patrick was born into a well-to-do British family, perhaps in what now is the North-Western English county of Cubmria. His father was a local government official and the family language was probably a version of Latin. As a youth he was captured by Irish pirates and taken into…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 15 - March 21
| Courtesy of the Carter House Archives The Carter cotton gin, at the Carter House in Franklin, TN, site of some of the most intense fighting on November 30, 1864.… |
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Where Every Day Is Bathed in ... Green
The "Great Day" is approaching again.
On St. Patrick's Day all around the world, the Irish and those who love all things Irish will be…
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