Ghosts of Christmas past: deep roots of Irish winter traditions
People gathering to watch the astronomical alignments at Newgrange; star-gazing; the wren boys; decorating homes with holly and ivy: many Irish winter customs go back a long way
Ireland should accord a pre-eminent position to 1916 Easter Rising commemorations, says historian
Improved Anglo Irish relations should not lead to ‘amnesia about the past’
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