I can't put my last name on here, it's probably the only one in the phone book. Of course my FB friends know it and it's not Irish.
I didn't know the Irish had a football team known as the Celtis. I not sure how the Celtics connect to Irelnds history, and as it is getting late for me, I'll see what I can find tomorrow. but I found the beginnings of Ireland's football team interesting. I hope you find so as well/
A popular Irish singer in the UK was Val Doonican a crooner who had his own TV show, and was known for his relaxed homely style and his knitted sweater/jumper collection, he died last July aged 88.
Scotland has two football clubs of Irish origin, Celtic in Glasgow and Hibernian in Edinburgh. Celtic, as alluded to on the video, was founded as a charitable organisation in the East End of Glasgow, where there was (and still is) a sizeable Irish community. While Celtic is a much bigger and better-known club than Hibernian, Celtic's founders were inspired by the Edinburgh club, so in fact Hibernian was the original "Irish" club in Scotland.
I have been enjoying my research into the Irish culture, and it's early history. I don't know where I got the idea that the Celtics were an atrocious part of Ireland's history, but so far I have found that not to be true anymore than the conflicts of any other country. There is much information on this subject, but most that I found were to long for our forum. This bit of video is less than eight minutes, but I still found it to be of interest.
“The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.” ― Nora Roberts, Born in Fire
When Johnny wrote this song, he got the names of places from a map of Ireland....all but one .....Shalimar. It was the name of his wife's favorite perfume.
I came across this map for the time period of the famine. I kept seeing pictures of these statues and they were so sad I almost didn't post them, but I realized that they must be important, or they wouldn't be in such a public way.
King's and Queen's counties are now Offaly and Laois respectively. Of course, this map is before the partition of Ireland as well. County 'Londonderry' is only known by that name to Loyalists, the rest of us referring to it as Derry. If one looks at the counties that were partitioned - Derry, Fermanagh, Antrim, Down, Tyrone and Armagh, the name 'Northern Ireland ' makes little sense, as Donegal (part of the Republic) is the northernmost county. Nor does 'Ulster' make any more sense, with only six of the province's counties being in the partitioned state.
This is something that has always fascinated me. The way the Irish entertwine their maze like symbols is fascinating to my sense of design. After watching this short video I began to see that these designs are all over the world. As a child I loved maze like puzzles.