Irish Culture & Heritage Blog

If my Coat is Inside Out....

If my Coat is Inside Out....

There are many many ways to get into the Irish Otherworld. The folk lore of Ireland is littered with tales of fairy rings, stray sods, fairy trees, mist walls, sidhe...

If my Coat is Inside Out....

There are many many ways to get into the Irish Otherworld. The folk lore of Ireland is littered with tales of fairy rings, stray sods, fairy trees, mist walls, sidhe...

Fairy Ring - Do Not Enter.

Fairy Ring - Do Not Enter.

Ireland has long been a place set between the worlds and here to this very day we have some very firm and rightly observed lore about the folk of the...

Fairy Ring - Do Not Enter.

Ireland has long been a place set between the worlds and here to this very day we have some very firm and rightly observed lore about the folk of the...

The Women of Ireland, Rocked the System.

The Women of Ireland, Rocked the System.

The story of Mary Robinson is one that has always had justice, fairness, and equality at its core, and maybe it was this more than anything that saw her become...

The Women of Ireland, Rocked the System.

The story of Mary Robinson is one that has always had justice, fairness, and equality at its core, and maybe it was this more than anything that saw her become...

Horse Shoe. For some They're Lucky...

Horse Shoe. For some They're Lucky...

In Irish folklore there is much ado made of the powers of a Blacksmith. We see this in the high regard Goibhniu holds within the Tuatha Dé Danann to the...

Horse Shoe. For some They're Lucky...

In Irish folklore there is much ado made of the powers of a Blacksmith. We see this in the high regard Goibhniu holds within the Tuatha Dé Danann to the...

Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong boots..." - October, 1915

Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong b...

The formation of the Republic of Ireland as an independent country is a long story. One aspect of the Irish struggle for independence that rarely received enough mention in the...

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Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong b...

The formation of the Republic of Ireland as an independent country is a long story. One aspect of the Irish struggle for independence that rarely received enough mention in the...

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“It took four hundred policemen to take four women” - Rosie Hackett

“It took four hundred policemen to take four wo...

It was Rosie Hackett herself who bragged that "it took four hundred policemen to take four women." The Republic of Ireland owes a lot to its women heroes for their...

“It took four hundred policemen to take four wo...

It was Rosie Hackett herself who bragged that "it took four hundred policemen to take four women." The Republic of Ireland owes a lot to its women heroes for their...