The High Kings, Rocky Road to Dublin
By: the High Kigngs unofficialTitle: The High Kings, Rocky Road…
Read More »
#OTD in 1649 – King Charles I is beheaded for treason.
When Richard Brandon, Executioner for the City of London refused…
Read More »
The Irish Pub Song (The High Kings) Music Video Lip Sync
By: John MartinTitle: The Irish Pub Song (The High Kings)…
Read More »
📍Keem Bay, Achill Island, Co Mayo 📸 @upintheeire
Keem Bay, Achill Island, Co Mayo @upintheeire By: Stair na…
Read More »
Irish Wolfhounds | “Gentle when stroked, fierce when provoked”
Irish Wolfhounds are one of the oldest breeds of dogs…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 8 January:
1547 – Henry VIII suppresses the Chapter of St Patrick’s…
Read More »
📍Gap of Dunloe, Co Kerry 📸 @wanderingirishcailin
Gap of Dunloe, Co Kerry @wanderingirishcailin By: Stair na hÉireannTitle:…
Read More »
#OTD in 2001 – Irish soil is sprinkled over the casket of Sister Theresa Egan as more than 2,000 mourners attend her funeral in St Lucia.
Irish soil is sprinkled over the casket of Sr Theresa…
Read More »
#OTD in 1922 – Dáil Éireann votes 64 to 57 to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty, creating the Irish Free State, setting the scene for the Irish Civil War.
Possibly the saddest day in Irish history when a vote…
Read More »
#OTD in 1839 – The Night Of The Big Wind or Oíche na Gaoithe Moire takes place; the most damaging storm in Irish history, some winds are estimated in excess of 130 mph.
One of the worst storms in Irish history took place…
Read More »
#OTD in 1915 – Roger Casement visits Limburg after the full contingent of prisoners had reached the camp.
Casement is now doubtful as to whether the Brigade would…
Read More »
📍Mussenden Temple, Co Derry 📸 @scenic_pics_ireland
Mussenden Temple, Co Derry @scenic_pics_ireland By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Mussenden…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 4 January:
1581 – Birth of prolific scholar and church leader, James…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 6 January:
In the Liturgical Calendar, today is Epiphany and Little Christmas…
Read More »
#OTD in 1871 – Thirty Fenian prisoners are released by the British in a general amnesty.
British authorities release over thirty Fenian prisoners including John Devoy…
Read More »
#OTD in 1941 – Jennie Wyse Power, Irish patriot and women’s rights activist, dies in Dublin.
Jennie Wyse Power, born Jane O’Toole, in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow…
Read More »
📍Errigal Mountain, Co Donegal 📸 @garethwrayphotography
Errigal Mountain, Co Donegal @garethwrayphotography By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Errigal…
Read More »
Irish Mythology | Donn Fírinne, The Dark One
In Irish mythology, Donn is a god of the dead….
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 5 January:
1826 – Separate Irish currency is abolished and replaced by…
Read More »
#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.
Irish rock star, bassist, singer and founder of Thin Lizzy,…
Read More »
#OTD in 1925 – Nellie Cashman known variously as the ‘Angel of the Yukon’ and ‘Angel of the mining camp’ dies in Victoria, British Columbia aged seventy-nine.
Nellie was born in the farming village of Midleton a…
Read More »
#OTD in 1581 – Birth of prolific scholar and church leader, James Ussher, in Dublin.
James Ussher and His Chronology by Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. …
Read More »
#OTD in 1921 – Martial law is extended to counties Clare, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford from this date.
During the Easter Rising in 1916, Lord Wimborne, a cousin…
Read More »
📍Mayo 📸 @upintheeire
Mayo @upintheeire By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Mayo 📸 @upintheeireSourced From:…
Read More »
📍O’Briens Tower, Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare 📸 @magdainireland7
O’Briens Tower, Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare @magdainireland7 By: Stair…
Read More »
📍 Near Long Strand, Castlefreke, Co Cork 📸 @lemonlimod
Near Long Strand, Castlefreke, Co Cork @lemonlimod By: Stair na…
Read More »
#OTD in 2007 – Death of entertainer, recorder and singer, Joe Dolan, of a brain haemorrhage.
Born in Co Westmeath, in a career which spanned almost…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 1 January (Eanáir):
The Dublin Julian Day (DJD) is the number of days…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 27 December:
1601 – Red Hugh O’Donnell leaves Ireland for Spain; Hugh…
Read More »
#OTD in 1821 – Lady Jane Francesca Wilde is born in Co Wexford. Author, poet and the mother of Oscar Wilde, she is also known as Sperenza.
Jane Francesca Agnes Elgee, later Lady Wilde and mother of…
Read More »
#OTD in 1601 – Red Hugh O’Donnell leaves Ireland in search of Spanish aid, never to return home.
After the crushing defeat at Kinsale and most of his…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 31 December:
New Year’s Eve or Old Year’s Night on the Gregorian…
Read More »
#OTD in 1870 – Philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children, Thomas Barnardo, founded a boys’ orphanage at Stepney Causeway, in London.
Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish philanthropist and founder and…
Read More »
#OTD in 1820 – Birth of author, Mary Anne Sadlier, in Cootehill, Co Cavan.
Born Mary Anne Madden in Cootehill, Co Cavan, Sadlier published…
Read More »
#OTD in 999 – The Battle of Glenn Máma.
In December of the year 999, after celebrating Christmas on…
Read More »
Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh! Happy New Year from Stair na hÉireann!
As New Year dawns may it lead you to the…
Read More »
📍Miners Way, Co Wicklow 📸 @mark_mcguire_photography
Miners Way, Co Wicklow @mark_mcguire_photography By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Miners…
Read More »
#OTD in 1937 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) repealed the 1922 Constitution, and came into effect on this date.
The Irish Constitution, accepted by national vote in July became…
Read More »
#OTD in 1972 – President of Sinn Féin, Ruairi Ó Bradaigh, is arrested and held under legislation in the Republic of Ireland.
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1932–2013), republican and political activist, was born…
Read More »
📍 Ballysaggartmore Towers, Co Waterford 📸 @mcburneyphotography
Ballysaggartmore Towers, Co Waterford @mcburneyphotography By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 28 December:
In the Liturgical Calendar, today is the Feast of the…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 29 December:
Constitution Day (Ireland) 1766 – Richard Dawson, MP for Monaghan…
Read More »
#OTD in 1918 – Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
“I went out to fight for Ireland’s freedom and it…
Read More »
📍Kinard Beach, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry 📸 @matthewmurphyphotography
Kinard Beach, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry @matthewmurphyphotography By: Stair na…
Read More »
#OTD in 1938 – Birth of actor, singer and writer, Frank, Kelly, in Blackrock, Dublin. He played Father Jack Hackett in the Channel Four sitcom, Father Ted. 
His career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film….
Read More »
#OTD in 1891 – Death of painter and artist, Augustus Nicholas Burke.
Born in 1828 in Co Galway, Augustus Burke was a…
Read More »
📍Snowy Errigal from Pigeon Top, Co Tyrone 📸 @liammcclean54
Snowy Errigal from Pigeon Top, Co Tyrone @liammcclean54 By: Stair…
Read More »
📍Sacred Heart Church, Dunlewey, Co Donegal 📸 Patryk Sadowski Photography
Sacred Heart Church, Dunlewey, Co Donegal Patryk Sadowski Photography By:…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 25 December:
Christmas Day is one of the four Irish Quarter days….
Read More »
#OTD in 1601 – The Battle of Kinsale | Hugh O’Neill and Red Hugh O’Donnell are heavily defeated by Mountjoy.
If any one single battle of Ireland’s Nine Years War…
Read More »
#OTD in 1918 – Birth of uilleann piper, Willie Clancy.
Clancy was born into a musical family in Miltown Malbay,…
Read More »
An Irish Christmas Blessing 🎄
An Irish Christmas Blessing By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: An Irish…
Read More »
According to Irish Legend, the Gates of Heaven open at midnight on Christmas Eve.
It was thought that on Christmas Eve the gates of…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 24 December:
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and related observances. 1601 – The Battle…
Read More »
#OTD in 1878 – Birth of writer and radical activist, Francis Sheehy Skeffington in Dublin.
Francis Skeffington, writer and pacifist, was born in Bailieborough, Co…
Read More »
📍 Geology Building, Trinity College, Dublin 📸 @elizabeth.keaney
Geology Building, Trinity College, Dublin @elizabeth.keaney By: Stair na hÉireannTitle:…
Read More »
📍 St James Church, Parish of Donagheady, Co Derry 📸 @garethwrayphotography
St James Church, Parish of Donagheady, Co Derry @garethwrayphotography By:…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 23 December:
1686 – Birth of writer, economist and philanthropist, Samuel Madden,…
Read More »
#OTD in 1882 – Birth of republican activist, Joe Clarke, in Dublin.
Born in Rush, Dublin, Clarke worked for the Sinn Féin…
Read More »
📍Arnotts in Dublin 📸 @paddymc.is
Arnotts in Dublin @paddymc.is By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Arnotts in…
Read More »
#OTD in 1691 – Patrick Sarsfield and The Wild Geese sail out of Cork harbour for France.
The Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the departure…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 21 December:
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 22 December:
1691 – Patrick Sarsfield and The Wild Geese sail out…
Read More »
#OTD in 1866 – Birth of Irish revolutionary and patriot, Maud Gonne MacBride, near Farnham, Surrey, England.
Maud Gonne was an Irish revolutionary, suffragette, actress and a…
Read More »
#OTD in 1948 – The Republic of Ireland Act is signed into law by President Seán T. O’Kelly at Áras an Uachtaráin in the presence of the Government of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 is an Act of…
Read More »
#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.
A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43…
Read More »
#OTD in 2001 – The pedestrian Ha’penny Bridge across Dublin’s River Liffey is reopened after a multimillion pound restoration.
Dubliners have been crossing the Ha’Penny Bridge free of charge…
Read More »
Manannán mac Lir | The Celtic God of the Sea
Manannán Mac Lir is one of the most popular deities…
Read More »
📍Dunlewey ❄️ Co Donegal 📸 @cinedroneni
Dunlewey Co Donegal @cinedroneni By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Dunlewey ❄️…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 18 December:
In the Liturgical Calendar, today is the Feast day of…
Read More »
#OTD in 1939 – Bernard Noël ‘Banjo Barney’ McKenna of the Dubliners is born.
Barney McKenna was the last surviving founding member of the…
Read More »
#OTD in 1922 – The last British troops leave the Free State.
They are the remnants of a 5,000 strong garrison maintained…
Read More »
📍Ballykeel Dolmen, Co Down 📸 @okiem_tomka
Ballykeel Dolmen, Co Down @okiem_tomka By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Ballykeel…
Read More »
How the Irish Influenced Christmas Traditions
In much the same way that the modern interpretation of…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 17 December:
1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England….
Read More »
#OTD in 1987 – ‘Fairytale of New York’ by the Pogues and Kirsty McColl reaches no. 2 in the UK charts.
Recorded in the summer of 1987 and released later that…
Read More »
The Nine Daughter’s Hole | Ballybunion, Co Kerry
The Nine Daughters’ Hole is a natural, geological blowhole found…
Read More »
📍Sky Road, Clifden, Connemara 📸 @upintheeire
Sky Road, Clifden, Connemara @upintheeire By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Sky…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 16 December:
1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate, Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 15 December:
1761 – John MacNaghten, a gambler, duellist and criminal, is…
Read More »
#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.
“If the men of property will not support us, they…
Read More »
#OTD in 1921 – In an extremely hostile environment over the Treaty debate, Michael Collins smells some dirty work and addresses the House.
MR. MICHAEL COLLINS: Mr. Speaker, there is just a little…
Read More »
#OTD in 1761 – John MacNaghten, a gambler, duellist and criminal, is hanged at Strabane jail for his involvement in the killing of Mary Anne Knox, daughter of Andrew Knox MP.
One of the earliest recorded public hangings associated with Lifford…
Read More »
#OTD in Irish History | 14 December:
1585 – Death of Nicholas Walsh, Bishop of Ossory. The…
Read More »
#OTD in 1803 – Rebel leader Michael Dwyer, whose guerrilla attacks had maddened British colonial authorities since 1798, surrenders.
Michael Dwyer of Imaal, Co Wicklow, joined the United Irishmen…
Read More »
#OTD in 1831 – A Proctor and 13 Constables are killed by tithe protesters at Carrickshock, Co Kilkenny.
In Ireland, tithes were not introduced until the Synod of…
Read More »
#OTD in 2013 – Death of actor, Peter O’Toole.
Born in Connemara, Co Galway in 1932, Peter O’Toole was…
Read More »
📍Errigal Mountain, Co Donegal 📸 @conorcorbett
Errigal Mountain, Co Donegal @conorcorbett By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Errigal…
Read More »
The Kerry Christmas Carol | Sigerson Clifford
Brush the floor and clean the hearth,And set the fire…
Read More »
📍Connemara, Co Galway 📸 @georgekarbus
Connemara, Co Galway @georgekarbus By: Stair na hÉireannTitle: 📍Connemara, Co…
Read More »