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The Great Blasket Island was home to more than 150 Irish-speaking people. In 1953, the last 22 left forever — discover the extraordinary world they left behind.
Discover Sliabh Luachra — the remote Kerry-Cork highland where a music tradition of polkas and slides survived when the rest of Ireland moved on.
Piseógs were Ireland’s ancient folk curses. Discover what happened when a neighbour’s envy became something darker, and why rural families still treated suspicious objects with fire.
Discover the Irish pub licensing law that required everyone to be a bona fide traveller on Sundays — and how the entire country found creative ways to qualify.
Every stitch in a traditional Aran sweater has a name and a meaning. Discover the harsh island life on the Aran Islands that gave the world this iconic Irish symbol.
If you put a pair of shoes on a table in an Irish home, someone…
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