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Famine memorial in Ballingeary, County Cork Ballingeary famine soup-pot Ballingeary famine plaque. Souperism was a phenomenon of the Irish Great Famine.Protestant Bible societies set up schools in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant religious instruction at the same time.
Dubthach maccu Lugair (fl. fifth century), [1] is a legendary Irish poet and lawyer who supposedly lived at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland, to which Dubthach served as Chief Poet and Brehon. In contrast to the king and his druids, he is said to have readily accepted the ...
Slemish Mountain is the legendary first known Irish home of Saint Patrick. [6] According to legend, following his capture and being brought to Ireland as a slave, Patrick worked as a shepherd at Slemish Mountain for about six years, [7] from ages 16 to 22, for a man named Milchu (or Miluic).
The culture of Ireland includes the art, music, dance, folklore, traditional clothing, language, literature, cuisine and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish people. For most of its recorded history, the country’s culture has been primarily Gaelic (see Gaelic Ireland ).
The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest denomination being the Roman Catholic Church. The Constitution of Ireland says that the state may not endorse any particular religion and guarantees freedom of religion. In the 2022 census, 69.1% (3.5 million) of the population identified as Catholic. [1]
Pages in category "Steelpan musicians" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... This page was last edited on 5 April 2019, at 02:12 (UTC).
William Drennan (23 May 1754 – 5 February 1820) was an Irish physician and writer who moved the formation in Belfast and Dublin of the Society of United Irishmen.He was the author of the Society's original "test" which, in the cause of representative government, committed "Irishmen of every religious persuasion" to a "brotherhood of affection".
A page from the Book of Kells, made by Gaelic monastic scribes in the 9th century. Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Éire Ghaelach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the 17th century.