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Irish Labor Party

For Students 9th - 10th
The website of the Irish Labor Party, covering news, events, elected politicians and candidates, and its political platform.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Scottish and Scotch Irish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Irish Setter

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a colorful photo and a brief description of the Irish Setter.
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Your Irish: Traditions and Customs in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of some Irish traditions and customs in Ireland.
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Irish Traditional Music Archive: Digitisation

For Students 9th - 10th
Access a selection of materials related to traditional Irish music from the digitized holdings: sound recordings, printed materials, and visuals,
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Your Irish: The Magical Legend of the Leprechaun

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the traditional Irish leprechaun folklore.
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Your Irish: Christmas Traditions in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Christmas traditions in Ireland, including decorations, church services, meals, and the day after Christmas (St. Stephen's Day).
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Your Irish: Celebrating Easter Traditions in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of the traditions of Easter in Ireland.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: U2

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides comprehensive biographical details on Irish classic rock band, U2, 2005 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: From Cornerstone to Consecration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site centres on the building of the Basilica Cathedral in St. John's, Newfoundland during the period of 1837 to 1855. The impact of this was huge on the development of Newfoundlanders' sense of identity.
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Liberation of Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the liberation of Ireland. Topics explored are the 1916 Easter Rising, the Irish Revolution, the Republic of Ireland, and the Irish Declaration of Independence.
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Your Irish: Popular Sports Played in Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the popular sports of Ireland, including fishing, golfing, hurling, Gaelic football, soccer, boxing, and snooker.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Lost Recruit" by Jane Barlow

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Lost Recruit" by Irish author Jane Barlow. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a 19th-century Irish writer of Gothic stories. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: William Michael Harnett

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of William Michael Harnett, an Irish-American still-life painter of the late nineteenth century.
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Your Irish: History of Ancient Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of Ireland from 8000 BC to 600 BC. Includes the Mesolithic period, the Neolithic period, and the Iron Age period in Ireland.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Ulysses

For Students 9th - 10th
"Ulysses", a novel by the Irish writer James Joyce, is a key text of literary modernism. It follows the structure of Homer's Odyssey. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Dubliners

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dubliners" is a collection of 15 short stories by the modernist Irish writer James Joyce, concerning everyday events in the primarily lower-middle-class life of Dublin. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a novel by the Irish modernist writer James Joyce. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of Shaw's comedy, Arms and the Man. This, like most of Shaw's plays, gains much by being read rather than seen.
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Irelands Eye

Ulster Will Fight

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the religious and political struggles between what is now Ireland and Northern Ireland during the early 1900's.
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James Joyce's Dubliners: An Introduction by Wallace Gray

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed introduction to the collection of short stories. Includes many direct references to the individual stories in the collection.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim." A brief summary of the novel is also included as well as a link to Bibiomania's main Kipling page that features other full-text works by this nineteenth...

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