Christmas Star’ is the 6th studio album from multi-award-winning Celtic Band, The Outside Track. A mix of seasonal favourites, and lesser known Christmas songs from Scotland, Ireland and Canada it marries the band’s home traditions [...]
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Eilis Kennedy: So Ends This DayCOPP034 So Ends This Day is the title of my new record.“A collection of songs. Some hearken back to the days of Whaling in the 1800’s which I wrote based [...]
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Tourism Ireland teams up with Abbey Theatre to share ‘theatrical postcards’ with the world Tourism Ireland has teamed up with the Abbey Theatre to showcase its new digital theatre experience, Dear Ireland – which brings together the [...]
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“Gleann dá locha”; The Glen of the two lakes, was carved into the Wicklow landscape by glacial activity. Standing in the graveyard in the lands surrounding the lower lake you can easily imagine a time [...]
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Tourism Ireland has unveiled a new film called “Dublin – Tales of the Unexpected”, specially created to highlight some of the quirkier, lesser known things to see and do in Dublin. The 66-second film reminds [...]
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February 4th is the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. At this time of year it is thought that the pre-Celtic ancients of Ireland celebrated Imbolc. The festival is thought to have [...]
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LANKUM ARE A FOUR-PIECE GROUP FROM DUBLIN, IRELAND WITH AN ALCHEMICAL ABILITY TO COMBINE TRADITIONAL FOLK ROOTS WITH CONTEMPORARY UNDERCURRENTS TO FORGE MUSIC THAT IS DARK, MYSTERIOUS AND TRANSCENDENTAL. Made up of brothers Ian and [...]
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The Temple Bar Trad festival started out in 2006 as a small niche traditional music festival, a first for Dublin. We wanted to create something special – a festival showcasing the cream of both Irish [...]
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This year the winter solstice in Ireland takes place at 8.58am GMT on Tuesday the 22nd of December. It will be the shortest day of the year and the longest night. Solstice literally means “Sun [...]
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Guinness is not only famous for their black stout, but they also produce some of the best blockbuster ads for Christmas on this side of the Atlantic. With an annual turnover in sales of $6 [...]
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