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Ireland: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Visit

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by 1 Comment

Tourism Ireland’s Executive Vice President, North America & Australia / NZ Alison Metcalfe, explains why Ireland is a unique travel destination, offering beautiful landscapes, a wealth of things to see and do, and a host of special events coming up in 2020. What’s the outlook for tourism from the US to Ireland – you’ve enjoyed several years of double-digit growth. … [Read more...] about Ireland: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Visit

Irish Landmarks Saved and Sold

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

The Lissadell House.

The site of the last stand by leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule, nicknamed Ireland's Alamo, has won a last-minute reprieve. The house, in a run-down part of Dublin, had been earmarked for demolition to make way for a shopping center. It was where republican leaders held their last meeting before surrendering. After intense pressure from descendants of those … [Read more...] about Irish Landmarks Saved and Sold

Yeats Country and Beyond

By Emer Mullins, Contributor
February/March 2001

February 1, 2001 by 1 Comment

"I am of Ireland," wrote William Butler Yeats in one of his most famous poems from 1933, and all we have to do is look at the stark images from the land where he lived and from which he absorbed his genius and his inspiration to know that this is true. Few poets have identified so strongly with the Irish landscape as Yeats; few poets have such heavenly imagery at their … [Read more...] about Yeats Country and Beyond

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June 30, 1932

On this day, Eamon de Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance, a provisional aspect in the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. This provisional aspect originally required all members of the Irish parliament to take an oath declaring their allegiance to the King. This date also marked when de Valera withheld land annuities from England.

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