Offers a colorful photo and a brief description of the Irish Setter.

A short description of some Irish traditions and customs in Ireland.

Access a selection of materials related to traditional Irish music from the digitized holdings: sound recordings, printed materials, and visuals,

A brief history of the traditional Irish leprechaun folklore.

A description of Christmas traditions in Ireland, including decorations, church services, meals, and the day after Christmas (St. Stephen's Day).

A short description of the traditions of Easter in Ireland.

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.

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.

Small audio archive from an organization dedicated t the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music. Listen to tracks of reel, jigs, and ballads, both instrumental and vocal.

During the height of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" in the 1970s and '80s, the British government incarcerated hundreds of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitaries inside the notorious Maze Prison. Touted as Europe's most...

A brief description of the popular sports of Ireland, including fishing, golfing, hurling, Gaelic football, soccer, boxing, and snooker.

Glossary of Irish words associated with traditional Irish music. Includes vocalized pronunication of terms.

Biographical profile of William Michael Harnett, an Irish-American still-life painter of the late nineteenth century.

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.

"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.

"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...

"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.

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.

Detailed introduction to the collection of short stories. Includes many direct references to the individual stories in the collection.

This article focuses on immigrants to America having to send money back to their home country to the relatives left behind. It offers several examples including Irish immigrants. An estimated $260 million was remitted to Ireland from...

The United States has always been a melting pot. Read about the vast increase in immigration from countries in northern Europe in the 1830s and 1840s due to famine, eviction from land, and political unrest. See where various immigrant...

A brief description and history of the Blarney Stone, a castle in Ireland which according to legend will give one the "gift of gab" if they kiss it.

Explore the history of Pennsylvania's religious communities in this detailed, historical account. Contained within this site are links to audio, video, and pictorial images of events and people during this era.

This series of lesson plans for teaching Bram Stoker's Dracula are broken into chapter segments and include many interesting and creative ways to teach this novel.