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With panoramic vistas, dramatic headlands and picture perfect towns, the Wild Atlantic Way is a bucket list special! Discover more at https://www.ireland.com Nine counties, six unique regions and one incredible stretch of coastline, check out the star attractions along the entire length of the fiercely beautiful Wild Atlantic Way. Fast Facts: – The rugged and remote Northern Headlands is the perfect destination for any adventurer or explorer. Up here you can try to chase the Northern Lights, take in the dramatic Slieve League cliffs, or venture out to Malin Head, the island’s most northwesterly point! – The Surf Coast has its name for a reason – with pounding waves interrupting serene silence all around, thrill-seekers fall in love with this part of the Wild Atlantic Way. Catch some waves at Mullaghmore Head, cruise past the impressive Dún Briste sea stack at Downpatrick Head, or visit the dramatic Ben Bulben mountain. –Along the coast of counties Mayo and Galway is a water-l...

William Murphy discusses the impact of the introduction of the Defence of the Realm Act at the outbreak of the First World War. For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/centuryIRL Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CenturyIreland Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/centuryireland London, 1 November 1918 - Maud Gonne MacBride has been released from Holloway Prison. The order for her release was signed by Home Secretary, Sir George Cave, and she was informed of the decision to release her just minutes before it happened. Mrs Gonne MacBride, who is in a weakened state, was immediately taken by a taxi to a nursing home in the West End where she was sent to bed. Her poor health is such that none of her friends were permitted to converse with her. In Dublin, Dr Kathleen Lynn was arrested yesterday at her home at 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines. Dr Lynn, who has been ‘on the run’ since the general round-up of Sinn ...

Tourism companies from across the island of Ireland joined Tourism Ireland in London at Flavours of Ireland 2018, to meet and do business with around 100 top UK inbound tour operators.

nspired by bountiful local ingredients, a new generation of chefs is reimagining traditional Irish dishes and giving them a modern twist. In partnership with The Telegraph, chef Dan Doherty visits Boxty House in Dublin to find out how head chef Pádraic Óg Gallagher is offering a fresh take on the traditional Irish dish 'Boxty'. Visit www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/indulge-in-ireland to follow Dan Doherty's food adventure in Ireland.

Dublin, 11 January 1917 - The Irish military authorities have issued an order prohibiting the further exhibition of a film entitled, 'Ireland, a Nation' which had been shown at the Rotunda Picture House.  The film is deeply nationalist in content and includes scenes depicting the 1798 rebellion, the Great Famine, the trial and execution of Robert Emmet, and the passing of Catholic Emancipation. Considerable crowds attended screenings of the film, which had previously enjoyed a 20-week run in Chicago where it played to huge audiences. It was described by some of those who saw it as possessing 'great dramatic power'. Irish Film & TV Research Online http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/silent/ is making available for streaming and download dramatized films made in Ireland during the 1910s, a decade during which these films resonated with the final stages of the struggle for Irish independence. Production company : MacNamara Feature Film Co. Sponsor : Emmet Moore. Country of...

How the First World War was Fought John Horne, Professor of Modern European History at Trinity College Dublin, talks to RTÉ's David McCullagh. Full interview broadcast on RTÉ News Now, December 2014. Filmed at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/centuryIRL Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CenturyIreland Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/centuryireland

Zou jij graag een levendige stad willen bezoeken die zowel divers is qua cultuur als rijk aan geschiedenis? Dan is Derry~Londonderry de plek voor jou!

Derry Halloween 2018 By D erry City & Strabane District Council Join us for the greatest Hallowe'en Festival in the  world   See more at www.derryhalloween.com #derryhalloween

'A Disaster Waiting to Happen' : the Church Street tenement collapse Published on 20 Aug 2013 Dr Jacinta Prunty on the Church Street tenement collapse in 1913. For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/centuryIRL Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CenturyIreland Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/centuryireland

Talk on the Ardagh Chalice , Ardagh 21/9/2018

Tourism Ireland sponsored ‘An Evening with Dermot O’Leary and Ed Sheeran’ at the London Irish Centre on 19th June 2018. We were lucky to capture an exclusive interview with Dermot O’Leary and Ed Sheeran, talking about Ed’s Irish heritage, performing in Ireland, and his favourite places to go in Ireland.