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Happy St. Nicholas Day! Did you know Santa is buried in Ireland?

Throughout Ireland, Germany, Belgium, France, and around the world today, Christians will engage in their own special traditions to celebrate St. Nicholas Day 2018.

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Pathé newsreel shows Michael Collins sign "his own death warrant" on this day in 1921

Rare video of Michael Collins, from Britain's Pathe newsreel, taken on the day he “signed his own death warrant” at a time when the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 was at the most critical moment.

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Christmas letter to Santa inspires New Yorker a century later

Christmas letter written by daughter of Irish immigrants over a hundred years ago inspires kind act by man who found the note in his fireplace.

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When Boston banned Christmas

Can you imagine receiving a stiff fine for wishing someone Merry Christmas?

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On This Day: Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers passes away in 2009

Renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy died on December 4, 2009. We look back at the legendary singer's lifetime.

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Ancient Christmas traditions still followed in Ireland

Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that are all its own. We have a look at some of the best traditions that you can bring into your own homes this holiday season.

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The incredible life of a true Irish Fenian - John Edward Kelly

Born in Kinsale, County Cork, this Irish Republican's incredible life brought him from Novia Scotia to Boston and New York before he served time in the Australian Penal Colonies and then returned to his Irish Fenian roots.

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The richest Irishman who ever lived - have you ever heard his name?

What are the odds that the richest ever Irishman would be born in a Dublin one-room hovel with a pig, his parents and a sister for company?

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Inspiring Mary Robinson quotes on the anniversary of her inauguration as President of Ireland

On this day, Dec 3, in 1990, Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the tenth president of Ireland, the first woman to hold the role.

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Memoir of Irish Australian cellist who refused to play Rule Britannia is Book of the Month

Maureen O’Carroll, born in Sydney of Irish immigrants, refused to play the British patriotic song to honor her Irish Republican parents.

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90-year-old Irish children's Santa letters found in chimney

The amazing generosity, poverty, and selflessness displayed in a miraculous letter that survived up a chimney in Hell's Kitchen ignites the spirit of Christmas.

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Remembering Patrick Kavanagh's 'On Raglan Road' on the anniversary of his death

How Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh and The Dubliner's frontman Luke Kelly came together for the famous Dublin ballad On Raglan Road.

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Exceptional photos of Ireland in the 1950s go on display in Dublin

Ireland in Focus: Photographing Ireland in the 1950s includes images from Dorothea Lange and Robert Cresswell, as well as the largest exhibition of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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WATCH: Color footage of President Kennedy’s historic 1963 visit to Ireland

The Irish Film Institute presents footage of President John F. Kennedy's historic visit to his ancestral homeland of Ireland in June 1963, just months before his tragic assassination.

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6,000 plus mass grave of Irish Famine immigrants likely found in Montreal

The remains and coffins of between 12 and 15 people have been unearthed proving that there is an Irish Famine mass grave at this site, which should be memorialized says Irish community

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On This Day: Irish woman Mary Harris 'Mother Jones' dies in 1930

Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was born in Co Cork but went on to become one of the foremost labor activists in the US.

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Photos of JFK and Jackie Kennedy “wedding of the century”

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F Kennedy's wedding on Rhode Island looked positively divine. Not surprisingly the photos from the big day were spectacular.

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Irish American discovers immigrant great-grandfather in 1929 Seattle photograph

Casey McNerthney's great-grandmother Lily Kempson played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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On This Day: The Kilmichael Ambush during Ireland's War of Independence

Almost 100 years ago, Irish rebels ambushed a British army column in a remote part of Cork called Kilmichael.

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How the Irish saved Thanksgiving

A band of starving pilgrims at Plymouth Rock was saved at the last minute by the arrival of a ship from Dublin.

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WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin

The 1962 fall fashion show held at Cassidy's in Dublin provides a peek into the Irish fashion of the era.

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On This Day: Caroline Kennedy is born in New York City

Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie, was born on November 27, 1957. Here, a look at the family's personal photographs.

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Celebrating Eugene O’Neill on the anniversary of his death

We remember O’Neill by looking back on his most famous play and the parallels between this family and the Irish.

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The gift JFK presented to Queen Elizabeth during their only meeting

President Kennedy offered Queen Elizabeth what some consider an unusual gift during their 1961 meeting at Buckingham Palace.

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Why you have to visit Glasnevin - the resting place of Ireland's heroes and heroines

No trip to Dublin is complete without visiting Glasnevin Cemetery, one of the most beautiful and historically significant sites in all of Ireland.

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