Counties of Ireland The Republic of Ireland is divided into 26 (traditional) counties. Administrative Divisions of Countries (Statoids) Irish Counties an interesting site devised by St Cronan’s School giving the Irish counties, and also their names and meaning in Irish Freisk!-Ireland – All the Irish Counties in photos Sébastien Rolland’s collection of photos from the [...]
Adult and Community EducationAONTAS is the National Adult Learning Organisation, a voluntary membership organisation. It exists to promote the development of a learning society through the provision of a quality and comprehensive system of adult learning and education which is accessible to and inclusive to all. – Adult and Community Education AHEAD Association for Higher [...]
Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College’s history can be divided into four epochs – a century or so during which the foundations were laid, a period of colourful expansion extending over the eighteenth century, a consolidation and advancement in the nineteenth century, and a century of strenuous adaptation to a rapidly changing world. –TCD National University [...]
Leitrim Roscommon Genealogy Website contains much more than the title suggests, including Leitrim-Roscommon Townland Database, Griffith’s, 1890 Surname Distribution in Ireland, 1901 census material (see below) etc. –Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy Web Site 1901 Census returns The 1901 census file now has almost 300,000 individuals for seven different counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Westmeath, [...]
Irish Passenger Lists A comprenshive list of ships with their passenger lists from Ireland and Britain to the United States. Search by Ship, Year. Origin, and Destination. The Irish Times Irish Ancestors Meanings of Irish Placenames Many of the place names in Ireland are anglicised versions of the way the original Irish (Gaelic) name was [...]
The Convention Centre Dublin The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) is Ireland’s new world class purpose-built international conference and event venue, which can host events for up to 8,000 people. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Irish-born architect Kevin Roche, the CCD has quickly become a landmark building. Its design includes a unique glass-fronted atrium running the [...]
History of the Irish Financial Services CentreDublin’s IFSC, which was set up by the Irish Government with EU approval in 1987, is globally recognised as a leading location for a range of internationally traded financial services, including banking, asset financing, fund management, corporate treasury management, investment management, custody and administration and specialised insurance operations.– Irish [...]
Beo Iris mhíosúil é Beo! a fhoilsítear ar an Idirlíon ó mhí Bealtaine 2001. Beo! is a monthly magazine in Irish published on the Web since May 2001. – Beo Digital Media Centre The Digital Media Centre (DMC) is a multidisciplinary group which focuses on research and commercial projects in the field of Information and [...]
The Refugee Information Service he Refugee Information Service (RIS) exists to counter social exclusion through the provision of a specialist information, advice, advocacy and referral service for asylum seekers and refugees.The RIS works to promote a society where people seeking the protection of Ireland are welcomed and safe, their human rights and dignity are respected [...]
The Virtual Jewish History Tour Ireland Jews have lived in Ireland for centuries. The earliest reference is in the Annals of Innisfallen, a chronicle of medeival Irish history, in the year 1079, that states, ‘five Jews came from over the sea with gifts to Tairdelbach [king of Munster] and then were sent back again over [...]
History of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) * 1. Michael Cusack and the promotion of Irish games. * 2. The Foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association. * 3. Controversy with the Irish Amateur Athletic Union. * 4. The Expansion of the GAA. * 5. The GAA’s first Annual General Meeting. * 6. The Lifting of [...]
Women’s Gaelic Football Organisations were on the look out for novel ideas to raise finance. Ladies’ Football fell into this category. In little pockets around the country such as Clonmel and Ballycommon, in Offaly, games were organized. It was the Ireland of the traditional cross-roads, young people looking for something to do, money was scarce, [...]
St Brigid’s Cross Brigid’s cross, Brighid’s cross, or Brigit’s cross, often with the “Saint” prefix, or (in the Irish language) Cros Bríde, Crosóg Bríde or Bogha Bríde, though not recorded before the seventeenth century, is an Irish symbol. Though a Christian symbol, it possibly derives from the pagan sunwheel. It is usually made from rushes [...]
Life of St Senan, Patron of West Clare including The Coming of Christianity to Clare and the evolution of the Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora Lives of the Saints, from the Book of Lismore Presbyterians in Ireland The Presbyterian Church in Ireland serves the whole island, both North and South and, with a total membership [...]
The Celtic Cross The Celtic Rite The Columbans The Gleann Community The Irish Theological Association Islam in IrelandThe first Islamic Society in Ireland was established in 1959. It was formed by students studying in Ireland and was called the Dublin Islamic Society (later called the Islamic Foundation of Ireland).[2] At that time there was no [...]