Top 10 Irish Books of 2021
As we get ready to ring out 2021 and set our sights on 2022, there’s no better time to review what has been a very exciting year for Irish literature. These ten highly acclaimed novels will make the perfect stocking…
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How the Púca Festival is Helping Ireland Retake Halloween
For most of our lifetimes, Halloween in Ireland has solely been celebrated in the American fashion, meaning trick or treating in the local area, dressing up as monster of movie characters, and carving “Jack-O-Lanterns” (makes me cringe just writing that). …
10 Best Dates For the Next Irish Bank Holiday
On the 29th of September Fine Gael tweeted a link to a new poll on their website, asking people to weigh in on a possible date for a new Irish Bank Holiday. One suggestion promoted by the party was a…
Robert Emmet: Ireland’s most Romantic Rebel
Although it can now celebrate almost a century of independence, Ireland is a country with a bit of a reputation for failed rebellions. Even the famed 1916 Easter Rising could technically be considered a failure, given that most of its…
Mongolia Travel Guide – Visiting the Most Beautiful Country on Earth
“Dawn in Mongolia was an amazing thing. In one instant, the horizon became a faint line suspended in the darkness, and then the line was drawn upward, higher and higher. It was as if a giant hand had stretched down…
Backpacking in the Balkans: An Essential Guide
Free and open travel within Europe is the envy of travelers from all over the world. The fact that citizens of EU member states can travel freely from country to country with no need for a visa, or even a…
Covid Weddings: I do, or do I?
“Dearly beloved, if anyone knows of any reason why these two should not be married, speak now or forever hold your peace”. Coronavirus: “I object!”. Getting hitched is supposed to be a time of joy, happiness, and, yes, a little…
Monastic Ireland: The Mendicant Orders
Analysing the world of the mendicants and their lifestyle through a contemporary lens Mendicants were fascinating and solitary communities who possessed an ornate charm and lived by a vow of absolute poverty and dedication to an ascetic way of life.…
4 movies about the Northern Ireland conflict
Either adapted from true stories or fiction taking place in the historical period, movies about the Northern Ireland conflict can give you an insight into the Troubles and help you understand what happened. Officially starting in the 1960s and…