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October 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment

County Clare’s Cliffs of Moher are high on the list of Ireland’s natural attractions. But for some accessing the cliffs, that tower over the rugged west Clare coast and offer stunning ocean views, had been difficult, even impossible, until now.  Two electric-powered vehicles, operated by trained staff, will now ferry those who are not ambulatory to the top. “This service is … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America

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December 10, 2021 by 1 Comment

Storm Barra hits Ireland As Covid restrictions increase across Europe, residents of the Emerald Isle found themselves staying at home for an entirely different reason. Storm Barra battered the UK and Ireland earlier this week, leaving 59,000 Irish homes without power. Originally hitting the south-west, Barra moved upwards, and the north-west of Ireland, as well as Scotland, … [Read more...] about News Roundup

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June 13, 1865

William Butler Yeats, Ireland’s most famous poet and one of the leading literary figures of the 20th century, was born in Sandyhurst, Co. Dublin on this day in 1865 to an upper class Protestant family. He spent much of his childhood in Co. Sligo, which heavily influenced Yeats’s natural themes, and he read classics like Shakespeare, Donne, Alighieri and Shelley. With Lady Gregory, he helped establish the Gaelic Literary Revival and founded the Abbey Theater in Dublin. He was the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923, followed by Shaw, Beckett and Heaney.

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