An Gorta Mor/The Great Hunger part 1

An Gorta Mor/The Great Hunger part 1

Send us Fan Mail An Gorta Mor, the great hunger of 1845-1852. All over Ireland's landscape there are ruins and grave yards that bear testimony to this horrific period in the World's history. Mass graves and heaps of moss-covered stones that use to be thriving villages dot the countryside. Historians cannot agree to the number that died but estimates range between 1-3 million. The debate continues about what Britain’s intent was when they exasperated the situation. ...

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Did the British Cause Ireland's Worst Aircraft Disaster?

Did the British Cause Ireland's Worst Aircraft Disaster?

Send us Fan Mail Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into th...

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The Irish King with Horses Ears

The Irish King with Horses Ears

Send us Fan Mail Labraid Loingsech, also known as Labraid Lorc, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. A king above all the other Kings. He was an ...

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The Song of Amergin

The Song of Amergin

Send us Fan Mail The Song of Amergin is an ancient, powerful Gaelic poem from Irish mythology. It was spoken by the bard Amergin when the Milesians (Celts) arrived in Ireland to claim the land from th...

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Eiocha - Celtic Creation Story

Eiocha - Celtic Creation Story

Send us Fan Mail Eiocha was born by the sea and earth when the world was nothing, empty and void. She births gods and becomes a symbol of fertility and rebirth. Support the show Irish Mythology - Myt...

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Irish Mythology and Groundhog Day

Irish Mythology and Groundhog Day

Send us Fan Mail Is America's Ground Hog Day rooted in Irish Mythology? Could Irish and Scottish Immigrants have evolved a very celtic day that determines if winter will be long or short? In Irish my...

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Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Part 2

Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Part 2

Send us Fan Mail Irish Mythology tells of a battle where a united world attacked Ireland. The Battle of Ventry (Cath Fionntrá) is a legendary, epic tale from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. It ...

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Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Battle of Ventry Part 1

Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Battle of Ventry Part 1

Send us Fan Mail Irish Mythology tells of a battle where a united world attacked Ireland. The Battle of Ventry (Cath Fionntrá) is a legendary, epic tale from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. It ...

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The Celts and Bees

The Celts and Bees

Send us Fan Mail The Celts had laws around bees and a custom called telling the bees. The "Celt bee laws," more accurately called the Brehon Laws' Bechbretha (Bee Judgements) in ancient Ireland, were...

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