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The Wild Geese's Blog – April 2015 Archive (17)
'May Day, May Day': The Irish Connection
As May Day is observed around the world, we take a look at the close connection between the Irish and the efforts to organize labor around the world. At home in Ireland the fight was led by men like James Connolly and "Big Jim" Larkin. In…
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Irish Myths and Legends Part 4: Aoife's Tale
Lir is known to many as the father of the boys and girls turned into swans by their wicked step mother Aoife in "The Children of Lir." This is the story I only tell on very rare…
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Personality Quiz: Which Irish Dog Breed Are You?
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Irish Myths and Legends Part 3: The City Beneath the Waves
Whether ancient legends or modern family tales, the stories of Ireland and Scotland have all played an important role in my life. They give me great pleasure and they help provide the…
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Irish Myths and Legends Part 2: Cúchulainn
Given the history of Scotland and Ireland - two sibling nations with fierce and loyal ties to each other but also marred (and often scarred) by bloody disagreement, rivalry and the power politics of these islands - it…
Added by The Wild Geese on April 28, 2015 at 3:00am — 1 Comment
Hanging With Storyteller Rab Fulton in The Virtual Síbín
Rab is a Galway-based storyteller who originally comes from Scotland. He specialises in reimagining Irish and Scottish myths, folklore and urban legends. His "Celtic Tales" summer sessions in Galway have a strong and growing…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: April 26 - May 2
| Gustavus Conyngham, from an original lithograph by Arthur Szyk, courtesy of the Arthur Szyk Society You can find more of Mr. Szyk's historical lithographs … |
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Personality Quiz: Which Irish Chieftain Are You?
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Lt. Michael P. Murphy Honored in County Cork
The Irish Examiner reports that the Irish Veterans, an organization whose goal is…
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This Week in Irish History - April 19 - April 25
LUAIN -- On April 20, 1772, William Lawless, revolutionary and officer in Napolean's Irish Legion…
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Quiz -- Easter Rising Leaders: Who am I?
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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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