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Category Archive for 'Irish Trivia'

Easter Thought

The following is the last stanza of a poem written by Dominic Crilly to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916:
There were no deaths in Dublin on that
Easter day some fifty-years ago
Such music makers cannot die
As many mercenary soldiers do
With battles lost or won.
They have but set the music to a song
That [...]

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     The Island of Montserrat in the Caribbean celebrates St. Patrick’s Day as a national holiday (as does Ireland) and has a full week of festivities.  A traveler to the island will have his/her passport stamped with a shamrock and will be greeted with a banner that proclaims “Cead Mile Failte.”  The flag has a [...]

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Valentine and the Irish Connection

In the 300 A.D. era, the Roman Emperor decreed that no marriages should take place on the grounds that unmarried males made better soldiers. Valentine, a priest, ignored the decree and married young lovers.  He was arrested, beaten with clubs and sentenced to death.  He refused to denounce his faith and converted his judge to [...]

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