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Embracing connections for National Heritage Week 2024

Charting Judith Chavasse’s life in West Cork and Waterford through her diaries and memoirs

Explore Galway’s rich heritage anywhere in the world using interactive StoryMaps

“Rebel Wife” film tells the story of Clonakilty heroine Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa

Geopark Academy set to explore the Burren’s heritage, landscape and tourism developments

Tour guide recalls the lesser-known stories of Glasnevin’s dead in new book

New series “Taoscadh ón Tobar” showcases Ireland’s rich musical heritage

How a Kerry nun, Sr Noreen Dennehy, helped Msgr O’Flaherty save thousands of lives in WW2

Galway’s award-winning digital graveyard project records over 40,000 memorials

Free tour of ecclesiastical sites in East Galway planned for International Day for Monuments and Sites

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Mugshots of the Birmingham Six – Richard McIlkenny, Paddy Hill, Johnny Walker, Gerry Hunter, Billy Power and Hugh Callaghan.

Belfast, Birmingham and beyond: the Irish diaspora in Britain during The Troubles

Brian McEnroy: the first prosecution under the police acts in Ireland for “illegal assembly”.

Peaceful protest in turbulent times: the trial of Glenade Land League Secretary Brian McEnroy in Co. Leitrim, 1880–81

Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

Delivering Christmas trees in Waterford city in 1929.

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

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Winter solstice livestream at Newgrange.

Winter solstice to be livestreamed from inside Newgrange passage tomb

The ancient Irish practice of dry stone wall construction has been added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage.

Ireland’s practice of dry stone wall construction earns UNESCO recognition

2,000-year-old fig found in Drumanagh promontory fort in north Dublin.

Exotic fig discovery at Drumanagh sheds light on Iron Age diet and trade routes

Illaunloughan, County Kerry.

Illaunloughan: a window into early medieval Ireland

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Liam and Noel Gallagher's Irish heritage.

Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher’s Irish heritage traced through Meath and Mayo

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Last chance to claim 25% off RootsIreland for new and existing users

Irish Genealogy Essentials course.

Ulster Historical Foundation rolls out new expert-led online Irish genealogy course

Hussey-Walsh manuscript collection.

Free access to newly digitized Hussey-Walsh collection featuring thousands of references to Irish Catholics

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Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

Delivering Christmas trees in Waterford city in 1929.

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

Fox in Irish folklore.

The fox in Irish folklore

Diarmuid and Gráinne’s Bed in Oghil.

The women at the heart of the Fianna tales: Niamh, Sadhbh and Gráinne

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The ancient Irish practice of dry stone wall construction has been added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage.

Ireland’s practice of dry stone wall construction earns UNESCO recognition

25% off RootsIreland.

Last chance to claim 25% off RootsIreland for new and existing users

2,000-year-old fig found in Drumanagh promontory fort in north Dublin.

Exotic fig discovery at Drumanagh sheds light on Iron Age diet and trade routes

Robert Fisk Archive.

Trinity receives €200,000 funding to conserve the Robert Fisk Archive

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