The Irish language was once nearly lost… but it survived. And even a Muslim helped protect it. Did you know that one of the earliest prominent Muslims in Dublin, Professor Mir Aulad Ali Khan, was not only a respected scholar at Trinity College…he was also a member of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language in 1878? At a time when the Irish language was being suppressed, he stood alongside Irish people to help protect Gaeilge, not because he was Irish by birth…but because he believ

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"It is the Irish people who brought the stories back" 📖 #MadeOfStone follows David Keohan, AKA 'Indiana Stones', on his journey of reigniting, what he believes, is a lost Irish culture of lifting stones 💪 It becomes a story about our past and present, a story about community and reconnecting with a culture and heritage that has almost disappeared. Monday, 9.35pm on RTÉ One 📺 | RTÉ One

An Gorta Mór - The Great Hunger To call this period in Irish history a famine dishonours the pain and untold suffering our ancestors endured. British warships took the food of our land for profit while our people starved. It was genocide. | 1 Million Voices for Irish Unity

595K views · 6.1K reactions | “I don’t think of England… at all”  We sat down with the @marywallopers to answer some stupid questions that English people ask Irish people  The band will play their biggest headline shows to date this summer: Dublin (Fairview Park - June 20), Cork (Marquee - 18 July) & Galway (Big Top - 19 July) - get your tickets now! #TheMaryWallopers #Ireland #Dublin #Dundalk | JOE.ie | Facebook