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Irish Language School Students Become Online Stars

Feb 11th, 2016 by

Students at an Irish language school in Lurgan have become online stars as they translate and perform popular songs in Irish.  Their latest hit is “Someone New” by Hozier.

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Guinness’ New Advertisement

Feb 9th, 2016 by

Guinness will be presenting a new advertisement featuring John Hammond, an Irish immigrant who brought black and white musicians together.  He ran a music studio in Manhattan in the 1930s and learned to love jazz.  He started Count Basie and Billie Holliday on their careers.

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Galway City Named Friendliest

Feb 9th, 2016 by

Travel and Leisure magazine has named Galway City as the friendliest because of its music and friendly natives.

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Law Forbidding Poems or Songs

Feb 8th, 2016 by

A law was passed in 1549 forbidding any poem or song other than about the King.

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Corr Family Presentation Coming to Linen Hall Library, Belfast

Feb 7th, 2016 by

Starting Apr 20, the Linen Hall Library in Belfast will present “The Corr Family-Eyewitness to History.”   The family is from the Ormeau Road in Belfast.

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Dark Hedges Tunnel Trees Uprooted

Feb 6th, 2016 by

Because of severe storms and gale force winds some of the trees in the Dark Hedges Tunnel were uprooted.  This section in Lisburn, Co Antrim has become a tourist attraction since the Game of Thrones was featured here.

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Hal Roach Quote

Feb 5th, 2016 by

“Nobody needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.”

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Irish Men Eligible for Maternity Leave

Feb 4th, 2016 by

Men in Ireland will now be eligible for maternity leave. Starting in Sept., a new father will get 2 weeks paid leave.

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Abosch Photo Sells for 750,000 Euros

Feb 3rd, 2016 by

A Dublin photographer Kevin Abosch has sold a photo of a potato for 750,000 euros to a man who was visiting his home and decided he liked it.  There was nothing unusual about the potato, he just liked it.  Abosch usually deals in portraits of famous people such as celebrity Stephen Spielberg.

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Feast of Imbolc

Feb 2nd, 2016 by

The Celts celebrated the feast of Imbolc on Feb 1.  It is approximately half way between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. It was the time when the growing season would begin and the light of Spring was overtaking the darkness of winter.  They looked to the behavior of the animals to tell if Spring was indeed around the corner.  If the badger emerged from its cave that was a good sign of warmer weather.

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