Ireland Originals Archives

Deep-dive reported features on the hidden stories, people and economics behind everyday Ireland.

A traditional Irish Halloween turnip lantern, hand-carved with a crude grinning face, the folk-tale origin of the Stingy Jack jack-o'-lantern

The Love Ireland Guide № 015: Irish Halloween / Samhain

Photo: Killim / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Long before anyone in Ireland carved a pumpkin, the lantern in the window was a turnip or …

The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin, lined with centuries of books

Why Did Ireland Ban Its Own Greatest Writers?

James Joyce came home to Dublin in 1909 to open a cinema, yet Dubliners stayed unpublished in Ireland. Here is how the new Irish state came to censor its own greatest writers.

What Every Item on a Full Irish Breakfast Plate Actually Tells You About Ireland

The Love Ireland Guide № 014: The Full Irish Breakfast

Photo: Slamforeman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Pull apart a proper full Irish and you will usually find two kinds of pudding on the …

A traditional St Brigid's Cross woven from green rushes, with a central square and four radiating arms, the Irish symbol hung over doors each February

Every February, Ireland Weaves a Cross Said to Be Ancient. The Oldest Written Mention of It Is From the 1600s.

A woven St Brigid’s Cross. Photo: Culnacreann / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0). Every February, Ireland Weaves a Cross Said to Be Ancient. The Oldest …

Statue of St Patrick at the foot of Croagh Patrick, Murrisk, County Mayo, Ireland — the traditional start of the pilgrim path up the mountain where he is said to have fasted for 40 days

Ireland’s 5,800-Year-Old Mountain Still Gets 120,000 Climbers a Year. Some of Them Go Barefoot.

Image: Shutterstock On the morning of the last Sunday of July 2025, a 21-year-old agricultural science student from County Longford named Catherine Cooney stood at …

Aerial view of the Hill of Tara's Royal Enclosure and Mound of the Hostages earthworks in County Meath, Ireland

Hill of Tara: Why Did Ireland Build a Motorway Through Its Most Sacred Ancient Site?

The Hill of Tara, County Meath — mythological centre of ancient Ireland and seat of its High Kings. Photo: Uberhonken / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA …

Fungie the bottlenose dolphin surfacing beside a Dingle Boat Tours vessel in Dingle Harbour, County Kerry

Fungie the Dingle Dolphin: What Happened to the Wild Bottlenose Who Became Ireland’s Biggest Tourist Attraction

Fungie swims alongside a dolphin-watching boat in Dingle Harbour, 2017. Photo: Gerd Eichmann / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Fungie the Dingle Dolphin: What Happened …

The Day the Irish Free State Destroyed Its Own History

Photo: Zairon, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Day the Irish Free State Destroyed Its Own History At 4:29 in the morning on 28 …

Visitors queuing on the parapet of Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone

Blarney Stone History: Was the Kissing Tradition Actually Invented in the 1800s?

Photo: Raymond Okonski / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Blarney Stone History: Was the Kissing Tradition Actually Invented in the 1800s? Here is what close …

Hurlers warming up on the pitch at Croke Park ahead of a GAA match

Hurling: The 3,000-Year-Old Sport Where 82,000 Fans Watch Unpaid Players Compete at Croke Park

Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hurling: The 3,000-Year-Old Sport Where 82,000 Fans Watch Unpaid Players Compete at Croke Park When the final whistle …

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