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The story of the Highland Games is a colorful story of sports, culture and community, a celebration of the heritage and history of Scotland and the…
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Learn about the blind harper and composer Turlough O'Carolan. During his lifetime O’Carolan became very popular, especially renowned for his compositions,…
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It’s September, and that means that Bethlehem’s Celtic Classic is only a few weeks away. We’ll spend September learning a wee bit more about some of what…
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The Rob Roy is a cocktail created in 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria New York. The drink was named in honor of the premiere of the operetta,…
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It is one of the strangest twists of fate that Ireland will forever be associated with the potato, an alien vegetable that was adopted as a staple food…
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Today, we share a few Celtic Wedding traditions. The feast was one of the most important aspects of a Celtic wedding. Unlike today where the ceremony and…
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If you have ever heard of the word Lughnasa, you are either a student of ancient Celtic customs, a fan of Tony award-winning Broadway plays, or a devoted…
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Just when you thought we had enough patriotic celebrations, there’s a different patriotic celebration that happens in Northern Ireland one week after our…
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The Declaration of Independence is a document on which we find evidence of Irish contribution to the founding of the United States.Among the citizens who…
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On a recent evening walk, I saw the first flicker of summer fireflies. With only my canine companion, I remembered a childhood wonder. The memory stirred…