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Before Ireland Was Green

Today, we associate Ireland with green - with 40 shades of green in fact. Irish gifts are adorned in green shamrock designs, woven from green wool or tweed or fashioned from green clay. But once upon a time, Ireland's fields were green but our national color was actually blue. Before tourism touted the 40 shades of green, before the tri-color flag or the starry plough was designed, Ireland's color was blue. That was because the nation's patron Saint Patrick, was also associated with blue. (Actually, the starry plough flag was originally......Read more >>

Martyr’s Home Revealed by Drought

Irish mothers are renowned for their sense of martyrdom, but one Irish martyr stands head and shoulders above all of them. Well, shoulders above them anyway. And Ireland's current drought conditions have revealed the outline of his childhood home in County Meath. One of the Irish gifts that is part of life on this island is the incredible sense of history, the knowledge that we are walking in the footsteps of our ancestors. And every now and again, some new discovery enlightens us about the lives of our ancestors. St. Oliver......Read more >>

Ancient Gold Found in Donegal

While Ireland is a very modern European country, our ancient roots are still underfoot with every step. Sometimes literally. When you walk through Dublin, Cork Galway or any Irish village, you are walking down the same roads our ancestors took. The ruins that were their everyday buildings are part of our landscape along with the modern buildings. And the beneath the ground we pass over every day, lie buried treasures from our past. It's easy to forget that in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it the sense of history......Read more >>