Articles on Ireland
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The 1798 rebellion aimed at creating a secular state with equal rights regardless of religion.
Despite its many flaws, Brexit may have paved the way for a more constructive conversation about Northern Ireland’s future.
Survey respondents prioritised goals that promote autonomy, social inclusion and communication.
The ‘Economic War’ didn’t end particularly well for either nation.
Surf therapy can change the lives of children with disabilities.
The holiday used to be a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue.
The enthusiastically received Irish-language film shows how film can cut through the noise of history, politics and culture to offer a fresh perspective.
Higher education in Ireland bears the continued legacy of colonial history.
A new electoral system in Canada could help curb polarization, ensure fairer representation and transform Canadian democracy for the better.
Poorer states, like Rwanda and Burundi, have economic incentives for maintaining peacekeeping armies.
After making impressive gains in 2020, Sinn Féin was tipped to finally make it into government this year. It’s failure to do so will prompt an internal shake up.
Immigration is a key issue in the forthcoming election.
The film explores how much easier is it to conform to social norms than step outside them.
Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.
A look at Irish folklore surrounding women’s craft in time for Halloween, a time of the year when boundaries between worlds are said to be thin.
Across the UK and Ireland, there are far fewer places available in specialist schools and classes for the number of children identified with needs significant enough to warrant a place.
In 1843, William Rowan Hamilton had a four-dimensional flash of insight that still shapes our three-dimensional world.
Abortion rights issues could decide the U.S. presidential election. Here’s what Ireland did wrong, and how voters successfully demanded a dramatic change in course for women’s health care.
Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
Cecile O’Rahilly was responsible for groundbreaking research on the historical and literary ties between Ireland and Wales.



















