Oíche na Gaoithe Móire

Oíche na Gaoithe Móire

Send us Fan Mail January 6 is an important day within the Christian calendar. Known as Epiphany Sunday, or Twelfth Night, it commemorates the three kings visiting Jesus. it is also a feast known as Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas). In Ireland, Epiphany was also associated with death divination, Twelfth Night being the night on which the gates of heaven were meant to close after Christmas. In Gaelic Ireland the following day was associated with the Day of Judgement. On January 6...

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Sheela Na Gig

Sheela Na Gig

Send us Fan Mail What ancient artifacts are there explaining the role of woman in ancient society as opposed to modern society? A Sheela na gig is a figurative stone carving of a naked woman explicitl...

23 Mar 31min

Rapparees - Ireland's Robin Hoods

Rapparees - Ireland's Robin Hoods

Send us Fan Mail A rapparee was a 17th-century Irish irregular soldier, guerrilla fighter, or bandit, particularly active during the Williamite war in Ireland (1689–91). Derived from the Irish word rá...

1 Mar 31min

The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world

The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world

Send us Fan Mail The "Grapefruit Ladies" were 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike from 1984 to 1987 to protest apartheid in South Africa. Led by 21-year-old Mary Manning, they refu...

26 Feb 14min

Irish Socialist - The Beloved, The Great & The Deported

Irish Socialist - The Beloved, The Great & The Deported

Send us Fan Mail James Connolly (1868–1916) was an Irish socialist, trade union leader, and revolutionary nationalist, renowned for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising. Born in Scotland to Irish parent...

20 Feb 14min

The Werewolves of Ireland

The Werewolves of Ireland

Send us Fan Mail Irish werewolves, known in folklore as Faoladh or Conriocht are distinct from European legends, often portrayed as noble protectors of children, the wounded, and the community rather...

20 Feb 12min

The Murder & Legacy of Pat Finucane

The Murder & Legacy of Pat Finucane

Send us Fan Mail Did Margaret Thatcher personally know of the specific plan to murder solicitor (lawyer) Pat Finucane in 1989? Significant evidence has been uncovered that agents of the British state—...

12 Feb 21min

Ireland's Modern Mysteries - Carlingfod Leprechauns & Peter Bergmann case

Ireland's Modern Mysteries - Carlingfod Leprechauns & Peter Bergmann case

Send us Fan Mail Following the 1989 discovery of a tiny suit, bones, and coins by P.J. O'Hare, local campaigners successfully secured a European Union protected designation for the "last remaining 236...

8 Feb 23min

Was Stonehenge stolen from the Irish?

Was Stonehenge stolen from the Irish?

Send us Fan Mail The story originated in the 12th century with Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"). In this fictional work, he claimed: A "Giant's Dan...

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