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Culture of Ireland

Index Culture of Ireland

The culture of Ireland includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with Ireland and the Irish people. [1]

421 relations: Abbey Theatre, African cuisine, All Saints' Day, Ambassador Cinema, Angela's Ashes (film), Anglicanism, Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Normans, Aosdána, Apple bobbing, Archaeology, Arts Council (Ireland), Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Bacon and cabbage, Bahá'í Faith, Ballymaloe Cookery School, Banners in Northern Ireland, Baptists, Bataireacht, Battle of the Boyne, BBC, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC One, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Two, Belfast, Belfast Telegraph, Belief, Beltane, Bloomsday, Board game, Bonfire, Boxty, Bram Stoker, Braveheart, Bray Jazz Festival, Brenda Fricker, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Boru, Brigid of Kildare, Brigid's cross, British Olympic Association, Broadsheet, Bronze Age, Buddhism, Candlemas, Cardiovascular disease, Cat Laughs, ..., Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Ireland, Céide Fields, Celtic brooch, Celtic languages, Celtic nations, Celtic Tiger, Century Radio, Champ (food), Channel 4, Channel 5 (UK), Cheesecake, Chenopodium, Chester Beatty Library, Chinese cuisine, Chorus Communications, Chowder, Christian, Christianity, Christopher McCafferty, Church of Ireland, Ciarán Hinds, Cillian Murphy, Cinema of Ireland, City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival, Coddle, Colcannon, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Commonwealth Games, Community Games, Conradh na Gaeilge, Constitution of Ireland, Cork Jazz Festival, Cork Opera House, Counties of Ireland, County Antrim, County Donegal, County Limerick, County Londonderry, County Mayo, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Culture Ireland, Culture of Northern Ireland, Currach, Daily Ireland, Daily Record (Scotland), Daniel Day-Lewis, Demography of Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland), Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Derry's Walls, Domhnall Gleeson, Druid Theatre Company, Dublin, Dublin Evening Mail, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin Writers Museum, E4 (TV channel), Earagail Arts Festival, Easter Rising, Eastern Orthodox Church, Elizabethan era, Fast food, Fenian Cycle, Feudalism, Fianna, Fianna Fáil, Fidchell, Field hockey, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Fleadh Cheoil, Folk music, Frying, Fulacht fiadh, Full breakfast, Gabriel Byrne, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelic football, Gaelic Ireland, Gaels, Gaeltacht, Galway, Galway hooker, Galway International Arts Festival, Gate Theatre, General Post Office, Dublin, George Bernard Shaw, Gerald of Wales, Giant's Causeway, Grand Opera House, Belfast, Great Famine (Ireland), Greek language, Grilling, Halloween, Halloween costume, Harvest Time Blues, Hazel, Health Service Executive, Heart, Hello, Heritage Council (Ireland), Heritage Week, Hiberno-English, High King of Ireland, Hindu, Home Nations, Honey, Horslips, Hugh Lane Gallery, Hunt Museum, Hurling, Illuminated manuscript, Imbolc, In Dublin, In the Name of the Father (film), Inauguration, Independent News & Media, Insular art, Intermission (film), Ireland, Ireland on Sunday, Ireland's Eye, Irish art, Irish cuisine, Irish culture in the United States, Irish Daily Star, Irish Derby, Irish diaspora, Irish Examiner, Irish Georgian Society, Irish Independent, Irish Land Commission, Irish language, Irish literature, Irish martial arts, Irish Mesolithic, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Irish Museums Association, Irish mythology, Irish name, Irish National Land League, Irish nationalism, Irish people, Irish republicanism, Irish Rugby Football Union, Irish Sea, Irish Sign Language, Irish stew, Irish traditional music, Irish Travellers, Iseult, Islam, Isle of Man, ITV (TV network), Jack Butler Yeats, James George Frazer, James Joyce, James Joyce Centre, James Nesbitt, Jamie Dornan, Jazz, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jim Sheridan, John Butler Yeats, John Carney (director), Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jonathan Swift, Judaism, Kenneth Branagh, Killorglin, King Arthur, King Arthur (2004 film), Land tenure, Languages of Ireland, Latin, , Leprechaun, Liam Neeson, Limerick, List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, List of heritage sites (Republic of Ireland), List of Ireland-related topics, Lough Gur, Lough Neagh, Louis le Brocquy, Lughnasadh, Macnas, Maiden City Festival, Man About Dog, Manorialism, Martin McDonagh, Mary Immaculate College, Mary, mother of Jesus, Maureen O'Hara, Mead, Methodist Church in Ireland, Michael Collins (film), Michael Fassbender, Michael Gambon, Modern Paganism, Music of Ireland, My Left Foot, National Archives of Ireland, National Concert Hall, National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, National Photographic Archive, National Ploughing Championships, National Transport Museum of Ireland, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Wax Museum Plus, Neil Jordan, Newgrange, Newspaper of record, Nightclub, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norman invasion of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland Screen, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Obesity, OECD, Office of Public Works, Olympic Council of Ireland, Omagh, Orange Order, Orange walk, Orthodoxy, Oscar Wilde, Otherworld, Oyster, P.S. I Love You (film), Palladius (bishop of Ireland), Patron saint, Peter O'Toole, Pierce Brosnan, Plantations of Ireland, Poetry Ireland, Point Theatre, Polish language, Polygonum, Pope Celestine I, Porridge, Potato bread, Potato chip, Prehistoric Ireland, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterianism, Protestantism, Protestantism in Ireland, Pub, Put 'Em Under Pressure, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Rainbow, Reader's Digest, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Ireland national football team, Richard Harris, Rock and roll, Rockall, Romani language, Royal Dublin Society, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Royal Irish Academy, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, RTÉ Guide, RTÉ One, RTÉ2, Rugby union, Ruth Negga, Saint Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, Saint Stephen's Day, Salmon, Samhain, Samuel Beckett, Saoirse Ronan, Saving Private Ryan, Seamus Heaney, Seán Ó Riada, SFX City Theatre, Dublin, Shamrock, Shelta, Shillelagh (club), Sky One, Sky UK, Skyfest, Smoking ban, Snow Patrol, Soda bread, Sport in Ireland, St. Patrick's Festival, State Heraldic Museum, Sunday Independent (Ireland), Sunday Tribune, Sunday World, Sweeney's Men, Tabloid (newspaper format), Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, Táin Bó Cúailnge, Tex-Mex, TG4, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Clancy Brothers, The Commitments (film), The Corrs, The Cranberries, The Crying Game, The Dubliners, The Economist, The Golden Bough, The Helix, Dublin, The Herald (Ireland), The Irish News, The Irish Times, The New York Times, The News Letter, The Quiet Man, The Salvation Army, The Sash, The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sunday Business Post, The Sunday Times, The Twelfth, The Undertones, Thin Lizzy, Time (magazine), Townland, Transhumance, Trick-or-treating, Trinity, Tristan, Tristan and Iseult, Trout, Tudor conquest of Ireland, Turnip, TV3 (Ireland), U2, Uí Néill, Ulster American Folk Park, Ulster English, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Ulster Museum, Ulster Protestants, Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots people, Unionism in Ireland, United Kingdom, University of Limerick, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, UTV (TV channel), Van Morrison, Venison, Vernacular literature, Vikings, Vitamin C, W. B. Yeats, Walking in the United Kingdom, William III of England, William Orpen, Wood Quay, Wren, Wren Day, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 2BE Belfast. Expand index (371 more) »

Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904.

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African cuisine

Traditionally, the various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products, and do not usually get food imported.

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

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Ambassador Cinema

The Ambassador Cinema was Dublin's longest-running cinema and was operational on and off until 1999.

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Angela's Ashes (film)

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Frank McCourt.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Anglo-Irish people

Anglo-Irish is a term which was more commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a social class in Ireland, whose members are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy.

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Anglo-Normans

The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Anglo-Saxons, Normans and French, following the Norman conquest.

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Aosdána

Aosdána (from aos dána "people of the arts") is an Irish association of artists.

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Apple bobbing

Apple bobbing, also known as bobbing for apples, is a game often played on Halloween.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arts Council (Ireland)

The Arts Council (sometimes called the Arts Council of Ireland; legally An Chomhairle Ealaíon) is the arts council of Ireland.

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Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish: Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan) is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland.

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Augusta, Lady Gregory

Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.

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Bacon and cabbage

Bacon and cabbage is a dish traditionally associated with Ireland.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Ballymaloe Cookery School

The Ballymaloe Cookery School is a privately run cookery school in Shanagarry, County Cork, Ireland, that was opened in 1983.

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Banners in Northern Ireland

Banners are a significant part of the Culture of Northern Ireland, particularly for the Protestant/unionist community, and one of the region's most prominent types of folk art.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Bataireacht

In Irish martial arts, bataireacht (meaning stick-fighting) or boiscín are the various forms of stick-fighting from Ireland.

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Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Cymru Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC, and the national broadcaster for Wales.

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BBC Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Ireland (BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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BBC Radio Ulster

BBC Radio Ulster (BBC Raidió Uladh) is one of two Northern Ireland BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belfast Telegraph

The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media.

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Belief

Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to be the case with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty.

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Beltane

Beltane is the anglicised name for the Gaelic May Day festival.

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Bloomsday

Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the day his novel Ulysses takes place in 1904, the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, and named after its protagonist Leopold Bloom.

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Board game

A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.

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Bonfire

A bonfire is a large but controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration.

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Boxty

Boxty (bacstaí) is a traditional Irish potato pancake.

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Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

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Braveheart

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic war film directed by Mel Gibson, who stars as William Wallace, a late 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.

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Bray Jazz Festival

Bray Jazz Festival is an Irish jazz music festival that takes place in Bray, Ireland, on the May bank holiday weekend.

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Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 1945) is an Irish actress of theatre, film and television.

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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955) is an Irish actor and film director.

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Brian Boru

Brian Boru (Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; Brian Bóruma; modern Brian Bóramha; c. 94123 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill.

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Brigid of Kildare

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (Naomh Bríd; Brigida; 525) is one of Ireland's patron saints, along with Patrick and Columba.

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Brigid's cross

Brigid's cross or Brigit's cross (Irish: Cros Bríde, Crosóg Bríde or Bogha Bríde) is a small cross usually woven from rushes.

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British Olympic Association

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom.

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Broadsheet

A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically). Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid/compact formats.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Candlemas

Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

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Cat Laughs

The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival is a comedy festival held over the first weekend in June each year in Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catholic Church in Ireland

The Catholic Church in Ireland (Eaglais Chaitliceach na hÉireann) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See.

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Céide Fields

The Céide Fields is an archaeological site on the north County Mayo coast in the west of Ireland, about 7 kilometres northwest of Ballycastle.

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Celtic brooch

The Celtic brooch, more properly called the penannular brooch, and its closely related type, the pseudo-penannular brooch, are types of brooch clothes fasteners, often rather large.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

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Celtic nations

The Celtic nations are territories in western Europe where Celtic languages or cultural traits have survived.

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Celtic Tiger

"Celtic Tiger" (An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.

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Century Radio

Century Radio, also marketed as Century 100 and later Century FM, was an early short-lived State-wide commercial radio station in the Republic of Ireland (the first was Atlantic 252).

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Champ (food)

Champ (brúitín in Irish) is an Irish dish, made by combining mashed potatoes and chopped spring onion with butter, milk, cheese and optionally, salt and pepper.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Channel 5 (UK)

Channel 5 is a British commercial television network.

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Cheesecake

Cheesecake is a sweet dessert consisting of one or more layers.

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Chenopodium

Chenopodium is a genus of numerous species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world.

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Chester Beatty Library

The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1950, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty.

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Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine is an important part of Chinese culture, which includes cuisine originating from the diverse regions of China, as well as from Chinese people in other parts of the world.

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Chorus Communications

Chorus Communications was a communications provider in Ireland, it offered internet, television and telephone services.

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Chowder

Chowder is a type of soup or stew often prepared with milk or cream and thickened with broken crackers, crushed ship biscuit, or a roux.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Christopher McCafferty

Christopher McCafferty has variously been a disc jockey, nightclub promoter, lighting engineer, video artist nightlife impresario and promoter of underground music.

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Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.

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Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor.

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Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor.

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Cinema of Ireland

The Irish film industry has grown somewhat in recent years thanks partly to the promotion of the sector by Bord Scannán na hÉireann (Irish Film Board) and the introduction of heavy tax breaks.

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City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival

The City Of Derry Jazz And Big Band Festival is a jazz festival held annually in Derry, Northern Ireland.

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Coddle

Coddle (sometimes Dublin coddle) is an Irish dish which is often made to use up leftovers, and therefore without a specific recipe.

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Colcannon

Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage — as well as the name of a song about the dish.

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Colin Farrell

Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor.

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Colm Meaney

Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (meaning "Society of the Musicians of Ireland") is the primary Irish organisation dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance and the language of Ireland.

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Community Games

Aldi Community Games is an Irish independent voluntary organisation and National Governing Body providing opportunities for children and young people to grow and develop in a positive and healthy way while experiencing a wide range of sporting and cultural activities.

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Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge (historically known in English as the Gaelic League) is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide.

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Constitution of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) is the fundamental law of the Republic of Ireland.

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Cork Jazz Festival

The Cork Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held in Cork City, Ireland in late October.

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Cork Opera House

Cork Opera House is a theatre and opera house in Cork in the Republic of Ireland.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim)) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Down to the south.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

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County Limerick

County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County Londonderry

County Londonderry (Contae Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry, is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

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County Mayo

County Mayo (Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland.

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–53) refers to the conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Culture Ireland

Culture Ireland (Cultúr Éireann) is the Irish State Agency established to promote and advance Irish Arts internationally.

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Culture of Northern Ireland

The Culture of Northern Ireland relates to the traditions of Northern Ireland.

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Currach

A currach is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual.

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Daily Ireland

Daily Ireland was an Irish daily newspaper which existed from January 2005 to September 2006 to cover news stories from an Irish republican viewpoint.

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Daily Record (Scotland)

The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow.

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship.

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Demography of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four countries of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population and 5.7% of the total area of the United Kingdom.

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Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), translated in Irish as An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta and in Ulster-Scots as Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom, was a devolved government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (An Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Derry's Walls

"Derry's Walls" is a historical song sung in Northern Ireland.

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Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson (born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor, voice actor and writer.

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Druid Theatre Company

The Druid Theatre Company, founded in Galway in 1975, was the first Irish professional theatre company to be established outside Dublin.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin Evening Mail

The Dublin Evening Mail (renamed the Evening Mail in 1928) was between 1823 and 1962 one of Dublin's evening newspapers.

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Dublin Theatre Festival

The Dublin Theatre Festival is Europe's oldest specialised theatre festival.

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Dublin Writers Museum

The Dublin Writers Museum was opened in November 1991 at No 18, Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland.

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E4 (TV channel)

E4 is a British-Irish terrestrial digital television channel, funded by advertising.

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Earagail Arts Festival

The Earagail Arts Festival (Féile Ealaíne an Earagail) is an annual festival which takes place in County Donegal, Ireland, every June or July.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian Church, with over 250 million members.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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Fast food

Fast food is a mass-produced food that is typically prepared and served quicker than traditional foods.

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Fenian Cycle

The Fenian Cycle or the Fiannaíocht (an Fhiannaíocht), also referred to as the Ossianic Cycle after its narrator Oisín, is a body of prose and verse centring on the exploits of the mythical hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old, Middle, Modern Irish: Find, Finn, Fionn) and his warriors the Fianna.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Fianna

Fianna (singular fiann, Scottish Gaelic: An Fhèinne) were small, semi-independent warrior bands in Irish mythology.

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Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil (meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.

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Fidchell

Fidchell (in Irish; also spelled fidhcheall, fidceall, fitchneal or fithchill, and pronounced in Old Irish) or gwyddbwyll (in Welsh) was an ancient Celtic board game.

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Field hockey

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family.

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Fionn mac Cumhaill

Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or Umaill, sometimes transcribed in English as MacCool or MacCoul) was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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Fleadh Cheoil

The Fleadh Cheoil (meaning "festival of music") is an Irish music competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ), a non-profit group.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Frying

Frying is the cooking of food in oil or another fat.

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Fulacht fiadh

A fulacht fiadh (fulacht fiadh or fulacht fian; plural: fulachtaí fia or, in older texts, fulachta fiadh) are burned mounds, dating from the Bronze Age, found in Ireland.

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Full breakfast

A full breakfast is a breakfast meal that typically includes bacon, sausages, eggs and a beverage such as coffee or tea.

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Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, (CLG)) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders.

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Gaelic football

Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil or Caid), commonly referred to as football or Gaelic, is an Irish team sport.

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Gaelic Ireland

Gaelic Ireland (Éire Ghaidhealach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the prehistoric era until the early 17th century.

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Gaels

The Gaels (Na Gaeil, Na Gàidheil, Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe.

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Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region.

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Galway

Galway (Gaillimh) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht.

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Galway hooker

The Galway hooker (Irish: húicéir) is a traditional fishing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland.

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Galway International Arts Festival

The Galway International Arts Festival, founded in 1978, is a cultural organisation which produces one of Europe’s leading international arts festivals.

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Gate Theatre

Founded in 1928, the Gate Theatre is considered by many to be Dublin's home for great European and American theatre, as well as classics from the modern and Irish repertoire.

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General Post Office, Dublin

The General Post Office (GPO; Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish Post Office, and Dublin's principal post office.

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist.

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Gymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman archdeacon of Brecon and historian.

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Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.

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Grand Opera House, Belfast

The Grand Opera House is a theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by the most prolific theatre architect of the period, Frank Matcham.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Grilling

Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above or below.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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Halloween costume

Halloween costumes are costumes worn on or around Halloween, a festival which falls on October 31.

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Harvest Time Blues

Harvest Time Blues (also referred to as the Monaghan Rhythm and Blues Festival) is an annual music festival held in Monaghan town, in Ireland.

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Hazel

The hazel (Corylus) is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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Health Service Executive

The Health Service Executive (HSE) (Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds.

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Heart

The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.

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Hello

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language.

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Heritage Council (Ireland)

The Heritage Council (An Comhairle Oidhreachta) is an organisation created by the Irish government to "engage, educate and advocate to develop a wider understanding of the vital contribution that our heritage makes to our social, environmental and economic well-being." The Heritage Council was established under the Heritage Act of 1995.

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Heritage Week

Heritage Week (Irish: Seachtain na hOidhreachta) is an annual nationwide set of hundreds of events organized by the Heritage Council in Ireland.

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Hiberno-English

Hiberno‐English (from Latin Hibernia: "Ireland") or Irish English is the set of English dialects natively written and spoken within the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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High King of Ireland

The High Kings of Ireland (Ard-Rí na hÉireann) were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Home Nations

The home nations, refers collectively to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (countries of the United Kingdom), and in certain sports (e.g. rugby football) contexts, to England, Scotland, Wales and the whole island of Ireland.

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Honey

Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.

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Horslips

Horslips are an Irish Celtic rock band that compose, arrange and perform songs frequently inspired by traditional Irish airs, jigs and reels.

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Hugh Lane Gallery

The Hugh Lane Gallery, officially Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and originally the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, is an art gallery operated by Dublin City Council and its subsidiary the Hugh Lane Gallery Trust.

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Hunt Museum

The Hunt Museum (Iarsmalann Hunt) is a museum in the city of Limerick, Ireland.

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Hurling

Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin.

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Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations.

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Imbolc

Imbolc or Imbolg, also called (Saint) Brigid's Day (Lá Fhéile Bríde, Là Fhèill Brìghde, Laa'l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring.

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In Dublin

In Dublin is a folk/rock album by Alan Stivell, recorded live at the National Stadium, Dublin, on 26 and 27 November 1974, and originally released in 1975.

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In the Name of the Father (film)

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American biographical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan.

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Inauguration

An inauguration is a formal ceremony or special event to mark either.

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Independent News & Media

Independent News & Media plc (INM) is a media organisation based in Dublin, Ireland, and operating across several countries.

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Insular art

Insular art, also known as Hiberno-Saxon art, is the style of art produced in the post-Roman history of Ireland and Britain.

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Intermission (film)

Intermission is a 2003 Irish black comedy crime film directed by John Crowley and written by Mark O'Rowe.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Ireland on Sunday

Ireland on Sunday was a national Sunday newspaper published in Ireland from September 1997 until September 2006, when it was renamed the Irish Mail on Sunday.

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Ireland's Eye

Ireland's Eye is a small uninhabited island off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland, situated directly north of Howth Harbour.

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Irish art

The history of Irish art starts around 3200 BC with Neolithic stone carvings at the Newgrange megalithic tomb, part of the Brú na Bóinne complex, County Meath.

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Irish cuisine

Irish cuisine is the style of cooking that originated from Ireland, or was developed by the Irish people.

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Irish culture in the United States

Irish culture in America is widespread though not especially visible as such except on Saint Patrick's Day, when, it is said, "Every American is Irish." Many Irish began to immigrate after World War I. However, there was a decline in immigration after U.S. Congress began to limit the numbers of individuals immigrating.

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Irish Daily Star

The Irish Daily Star (formerly known simply as The Star) is a tabloid newspaper published in Ireland by the Independent Star Limited, a joint venture between Northern & Shell, which owns the British Daily Star, and Independent News & Media.

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Irish Derby

| The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Irish diaspora

The Irish diaspora (Diaspóra na nGael) refers to Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland.

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Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner, formerly The Cork Examiner and then The Examiner, is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country.

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Irish Georgian Society

The Irish Georgian Society aims to encourage an interest in and to promote the conservation of distinguished examples of architecture and the allied arts of all periods in Ireland.

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper, published by Independent News & Media (INM).

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Irish Land Commission

The Irish Land Commission (or simply Land Commission) was created in 1881 as a rent fixing commission by the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881, also known as the second Irish Land Act.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish literature

Irish literature comprises writings in the Irish, Latin, and English (including Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland.

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Irish martial arts

There are a number of traditional martial arts native to Ireland.

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Irish Mesolithic

The earliest known human burial in Ireland is dated to 7530-7320 BCE.

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Irish Museum of Modern Art

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art.

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Irish Museums Association

The Irish Museums Association (IMA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the interests of museums and those who work in them throughout Ireland, both north and south.

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Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity.

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Irish name

A formal Irish-language personal name consists of a given name and a surname.

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Irish National Land League

The Irish National Land League (Irish: Conradh na Talún) was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Irish Sign Language

Irish Sign Language (ISL, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann) is the sign language of Ireland, used primarily in the Republic of Ireland.

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Irish stew

Irish stew (stobhach / Stobhach Gaelach) is any variety of meat-and-root vegetables stew native to Ireland.

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Irish traditional music

Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.

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Irish Travellers

Irish Travellers (an lucht siúil, meaning 'the walking people') are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group who maintain a set of traditions.

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Iseult

Iseult, alternatively Isolde, Iseo, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Izolda, Esyllt, Isotta, is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jack Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist.

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James George Frazer

Sir James George Frazer (1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.

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James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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James Joyce Centre

The James Joyce Centre is a museum in Dublin, Ireland, dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce.

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James Nesbitt

William James Nesbitt, (born 15 January 1965) is an actor and presenter from Northern Ireland.

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Jamie Dornan

James Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is an actor, model, and musician from Northern Ireland.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.

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Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer.

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John Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack B. Yeats.

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John Carney (director)

John Carney (born 1972) is an Irish film and TV writer/director who specialises in low-budget indie films.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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Judaism

Judaism (originally from Hebrew, Yehudah, "Judah"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people.

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Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1959) is a British actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Killorglin

Killorglin (meaning "Orgla's Church") is a town in County Kerry, South West of Rep. of Ireland.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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King Arthur (2004 film)

King Arthur is a 2004 Irish-British-American historical adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni.

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Land tenure

In common law systems, land tenure is the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land.

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Languages of Ireland

There are a number of languages used in Ireland.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lá (Irish for "Day"; later known as Lá Nua, Irish for "New Day") was an Irish-language daily newspaper based in Belfast.

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Leprechaun

A leprechaun (leipreachán/luchorpán) is a type of fairy of the Aos Sí in Irish folklore.

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Liam Neeson

Liam John Neeson, OBE (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland.

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Limerick

Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in County Limerick, Ireland.

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List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is an annual series of games played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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List of heritage sites (Republic of Ireland)

The Office of Public Works (OPW), together with the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht are responsible for the heritage sites of Ireland.

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List of Ireland-related topics

This page aims to list articles related to the island of Ireland.

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Lough Gur

Lough Gur (Irish: Loch Gair) is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff.

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Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland.

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Louis le Brocquy

Louis le Brocquy (10 November 1916 – 25 April 2012) was an Irish painter born in Dublin.

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Lughnasadh

Lughnasadh or Lughnasa (pronounced) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season.

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Macnas

Macnas (Irish for "joyful abandonment") is a performance company based at the Fisheries Field in Galway, Ireland.

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Maiden City Festival

The Maiden City Festival (Ulster-Scots: tha Maiden Citie Blythe-Tid) takes place in Derry, Northern Ireland in the second week in August each year.

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Man About Dog

Man About Dog is a 2004 Irish comedy film starring Allen Leech, Ciaran Nolan and Tom Murphy.

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Manorialism

Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.

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Martin McDonagh

Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director.

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Mary Immaculate College

Mary Immaculate College (Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál), also known as MIC, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

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Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons; 17 August 192024 October 2015) was an Irish-American actress and singer.

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Mead

Mead (archaic and dialectal meath or meathe, from Old English medu) is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops.

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Methodist Church in Ireland

The Methodist Church in Ireland (Ulster-Scots: Methody Kirk in Airlann) is a Wesleyan Methodist church that operates across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on an all-Ireland basis.

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Michael Collins (film)

Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War.

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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-born Irish actor.

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Michael Gambon

Sir Michael John Gambon, (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film.

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Modern Paganism

Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe, North Africa and the Near East.

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Music of Ireland

Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.

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My Left Foot

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally and Fiona Shaw.

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National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland (Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the official repository for the state records of Ireland.

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National Concert Hall

The National Concert Hall (NCH) (An Ceoláras Náisiúnta) is a concert hall located on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, Ireland, close to St. Stephen's Green, and is the principal national venue for classical music concerts in Ireland.

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National Gallery of Ireland

The National Gallery of Ireland (Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) houses the national collection of Irish and European art.

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National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland (Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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National Photographic Archive

The National Photographic Archive is located in Temple Bar, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and holds the photographic collections of the National Library of Ireland.

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National Ploughing Championships

The National Ploughing Championships (Comórtas Náisiúnta Treabhdóireachta) (previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition) or (NPC) is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a ploughing contest.

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National Transport Museum of Ireland

The National Transport Museum of Ireland (Iarsmalann Náisiunta Iompair na hÉireann) is based in the grounds of Howth Castle in Ireland.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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National Wax Museum Plus

The National Wax Museum Plus is a privately owned waxworks museum in Dublin, Ireland.

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Neil Jordan

Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer.

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Newgrange

Newgrange (Sí an Bhrú or Brú na Bóinne) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located west of Drogheda on the north side of the River Boyne.

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Newspaper of record

A newspaper of record is a major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that has been awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning").

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Norman invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland took place in stages during the late 12th century, at a time when Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over all.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland has competed in eighteen of the twenty Commonwealth Games beginning with the second games, held in 1934.

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Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football.

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Northern Ireland Screen

Northern Ireland Screen (Scáileáin Thuaisceart Éireann) is the national screen agency for Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland Sign Language

Northern Ireland Sign language (NISL) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Northern Ireland.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.

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OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

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Office of Public Works

The Office of Public Works (OPW) (or ‘Board of Works’ as it has also been called) is an Irish Government Office whose primary function is to support the implementation of Government policy and advise the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister of State at that Department, principally in the disciplines of property (including heritage properties) and flood risk management.

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Olympic Council of Ireland

The Olympic Council of Ireland or OCI (Comhairle Oilimpeach na hÉireann) (called the Irish Olympic Council until 1952) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the island of Ireland.

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Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Orange Order

The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal order based primarily in Northern Ireland.

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Orange walk

Orange walks are a series of parades held annually by members of the Orange Order on a regular basis during the summer in Ulster, mostly in Scotland, occasionally in:England, and throughout the Commonwealth.

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Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy (from Greek ὀρθοδοξία orthodoxía "right opinion") is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Otherworld

The concept of an otherworld in historical Indo-European religion is reconstructed in comparative mythology.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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P.S. I Love You (film)

P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese.

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Palladius (bishop of Ireland)

Palladius (fl. A.D. 408–431; died A.D. 457/461) was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick; the two were perhaps conflated in many later Irish traditions.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.

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Peter O'Toole

Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor of Irish descent.

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan Hon (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer, and activist.

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Plantations of Ireland

Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland involved the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from the island of Great Britain.

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Poetry Ireland

Poetry Ireland (Éigse Éireann) is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland.

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Point Theatre

The Point Theatre (often referred to as the Point Depot or simply as the Point) was a concert and events venue in Dublin, Ireland, that operated from 1988 to 2007, enjoyed by in excess of 2 million people.

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Polish language

Polish (język polski or simply polski) is a West Slavic language spoken primarily in Poland and is the native language of the Poles.

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Polygonum

Polygonum is a genus of about 220 species of flowering plant in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae.

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Pope Celestine I

Pope Celestine I (Caelestinus I; d. 1 August 432) was Pope from 10 September 422 to his death in 432.

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Porridge

Porridge (also historically spelled porage, porrige, parritch) is a food commonly eaten as a breakfast cereal dish, made by boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants—typically grain—in water or milk.

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Potato bread

Potato bread is a form of bread in which potato flour or potato replaces a portion of the regular wheat flour.

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Potato chip

Potato chips or crisps are thin slices of potato that have been deep fried or baked until crunchy.

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Prehistoric Ireland

The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological and genetic evidence; it begins with the first evidence of humans in Ireland around 12,500 years ago and finishes with the start of the historical record around 400 AD.

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Presbyterian Church in Ireland

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI; Eaglais Phreispitéireach in Éirinn, Ulster-Scots: Prisbytairin Kirk in Airlann) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Protestantism in Ireland

Protestantism is a Christian minority on the island of Ireland.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Put 'Em Under Pressure

"Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Republic of Ireland national football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign in Italy.

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Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.

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Rainbow

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky.

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Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team (Foireann peile náisiúnta Phoblacht na hÉireann) represents Ireland in association football.

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Richard Harris

Richard St.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rockall

Rockall is an uninhabited granite islet within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom,.

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Romani language

Romani (also Romany; romani čhib) is any of several languages of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Royal Dublin Society

The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) is the name given in 1820 to a philanthropic organisation which was founded as the 'Dublin Society' on 25 June 1731 to see Ireland thrive culturally and economically. The RDS is synonymous with its campus in Ballsbridge in Dublin, Ireland. This campus includes the "RDS Arena", "RDS Simmonscourt", "RDS Main Hall" and other venues which are used regularly for exhibitions, concerts and sporting events, including regular use by the Leinster Rugby team.

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Royal Hospital Kilmainham

The Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Ospidéal Ríochta Chill Mhaighneann) in Kilmainham, Dublin, is one of the finest 17th-century buildings in Ireland.

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Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) (Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland independent academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, and humanities and social sciences.

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Royal Irish Academy of Music

The Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) in Dublin, Ireland, is one of Europe's oldest music conservatoires, specialising in Classical Music and the Irish harp.

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Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland".

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RTÉ Guide

The RTÉ Guide is a television and radio listings magazine in Ireland published by RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, a subsidiary of Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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RTÉ One

RTÉ One (RTÉ a hAon) is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland.

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RTÉ2

RTÉ2 is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga (born 7 January 1982) is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has appeared in the films Capital Letters (2004) (also released as Trafficked in some countries), Isolation (2005), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and Warcraft (2016).

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Saint Stephen's Day

Saint Stephen's Day, or the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in the Latin Church and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.

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Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Samhain

Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year.

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, and literary translator who lived in Paris for most of his adult life.

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Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Una Ronan (born 12 April 1994) is an Irish and American actress.

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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.

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Seán Ó Riada

Seán Ó Riada (born John Reidy) (1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971), was an Irish composer and arranger of Irish traditional music.

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SFX City Theatre, Dublin

City Theatre Dublin (formerly SFX Hall) is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1984.

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Shamrock

A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland.

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Shelta

Shelta (Irish: Seiltis) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers, particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Shillelagh (club)

A shillelagh (or; sail éille, "thonged willow") or blackthorn stick is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob at the top.

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Sky One

Sky One is a British general entertainment channel operated and owned by Sky plc, available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Sky UK

Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

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Skyfest

Skyfest was an annual fireworks display, accompanied by background music compiled by Mark McCabe, which took place in Ireland.

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Smoking ban

Smoking bans (or smoke-free laws) are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and other public spaces.

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Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish rock band formed in 1994, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals).

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Soda bread

Soda bread is a variety of quick bread traditionally made in a variety of cuisines in which sodium bicarbonate (otherwise known as "baking soda") is used as a leavening agent instead of the traditional yeast.

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Sport in Ireland

Sport in Ireland plays an important role in Irish society.

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St. Patrick's Festival

St.

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State Heraldic Museum

The State Heraldic Museum in Kildare Street, Dublin, was founded in 1909 and was prior to its closure one of the first and oldest such museums in the world.

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Sunday Independent (Ireland)

The Sunday Independent is an Irish populist Sunday newspaper broadsheet published by Independent News & Media plc, under the control of Denis O'Brien. It is the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent, and maintains an editorial position midway between magazine and tabloid. The Sunday Independent is available on the Irish Newspaper Archives website up to 2004 you will only find "Black-And-White" microfilm pages but since 2005 the pages of the Sunday Independent online in colour.

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Sunday Tribune

The Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc.

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Sunday World

The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News & Media.

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Sweeney's Men

Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band.

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Tabloid (newspaper format)

A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet.

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Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe

Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe (meaning "Galway Theatre"), also called An Taiḃḋearc, is the national Irish language theatre of Ireland.

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Táin Bó Cúailnge

Táin Bó Cúailnge ("the driving-off of cows of Cooley", commonly known as The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is a legendary tale from early Irish literature which is often considered an epic, although it is written primarily in prose rather than verse.

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Tex-Mex

Tex-Mex (from Texan and Mexican) is a fusion of Mexican and American cuisines, deriving from the culinary creations of Tejanos.

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TG4

TG4 (TG Ceathair; or) is an Irish public service broadcaster for Irish-language speakers.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), often informally known as the Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

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The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk group, which initially developed as a part of the American folk music revival.

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The Commitments (film)

The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle.

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The Corrs

The Corrs are an Irish band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music.

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The Cranberries

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler.

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The Crying Game

The Crying Game is a 1992 English-language thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition) is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer.

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The Helix, Dublin

The Helix is a multi-purpose venue located on the Dublin City University Glasnevin campus in Dublin.

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The Herald (Ireland)

The Herald is a nationwide mid-market tabloid newspaper headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and published by Independent News & Media.

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The Irish News

The Irish News is a compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The News Letter

The News Letter is one of Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers, published Monday to Saturday.

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The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man is a 1952 Technicolor American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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The Sash

The Sash (also known as The Sash My Father Wore) is a ballad from the Irish province of Ulster commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1690–1691.

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The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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The Sunday Business Post

The Sunday Business Post is a Sunday newspaper distributed nationally in Ireland.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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The Twelfth

The Twelfth (also called the Glorious Twelfth or Orangemen's Day) is a Protestant celebration held on 12 July.

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The Undertones

The Undertones are a punk rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Townland

A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland.

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Transhumance

Transhumance is a type of nomadism or pastoralism, a seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures.

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Trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treating is a Halloween ritual custom for children and adults in many countries.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from Greek τριάς and τριάδα, from "threefold") holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine Persons".

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Tristan

Tristan (Latin & Brythonic: Drustanus; Trystan), also known as Tristram, is a Cornish knight of the Round Table and the hero of the Arthurian Tristan and Iseult story.

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Tristan and Iseult

Tristan and Iseult is a tale made popular during the 12th century through Anglo-Norman literature, inspired by Celtic legend, particularly the stories of Deirdre and Naoise and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Tudor conquest of Ireland

The Tudor conquest (or reconquest) of Ireland took place under the Tudor dynasty, which held the Kingdom of England during the 16th century.

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Turnip

The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, bulbous taproot.

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TV3 (Ireland)

TV3 is a commercial free-to-air television channel operated within Ireland by the TV3 Group operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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Uí Néill

The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation:, descendants of Niall) are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died about 405.

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Ulster American Folk Park

The Ulster American Folk Park is an open-air museum just outside Omagh, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Ulster English

Ulster English (also called Northern Hiberno-English or Northern Irish English) is a major variety of Irish English spoken in most of the province of Ulster.

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Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland, about east of the city of Belfast.

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Ulster Museum

The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology.

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Ulster Protestants

Ulster Protestants (Protastúnaigh Uladh) are an ethnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43% of the population.

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Ulster Scots dialects

Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch), also known as Ullans, is the Scots language as spoken in parts of Ulster in Ireland.

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Ulster Scots people

The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: Ulstèr-Scotch), also called Ulster-Scots people (Ulstèr-Scotch fowk) or, outside the British Isles, Scots-Irish (Scotch-Airisch), are an ethnic group in Ireland, found mostly in the Ulster region and to a lesser extent in the rest of Ireland.

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Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is a political ideology that favours the continuation of some form of political union between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of Limerick

The University of Limerick (UL) (Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a university in Limerick, Ireland.

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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (also known as UW–Milwaukee, UWM or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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UTV (TV channel)

UTV (formerly Ulster Television) is a commercial television broadcaster in Northern Ireland owned and operated by ITV plc as part of the ITV Network.

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Van Morrison

Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer.

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Venison

Venison is the meat of a deer.

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Vernacular literature

Vernacular literature is literature written in the vernacular—the speech of the "common people".

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Vitamin C

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and L-ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement.

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W. B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

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Walking in the United Kingdom

Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits easy access to the countryside.

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William III of England

William III (Willem; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 and King of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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William Orpen

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931), was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London.

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Wood Quay

Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement.

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Wren

The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.

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Wren Day

Wren Day, also known as Wren's Day, Day of the Wren, or Hunt the Wren Day (Lá an Dreoilín), is celebrated on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day.

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1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.

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2BE Belfast

2BE was the call sign of the first official radio station to broadcast in Northern Ireland.

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Culture of The Republic of Ireland, Culture of the Republic of Ireland, Irish culture, Irishness.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland

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