Ennis
Ennis (Irish: Inis, meaning island) is a town located in Mid-West Region of Ireland and is the county town of County Clare. Situated on the River Fergus just north of where it enters the Shannon Estuary, it lies north west of Limerick and south of Galway. The town is also 19 km (12 mi) from Shannon Airport. The Irish name for the town is short for Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada (island of the long rowing meadow). In 2011, Ennis had a population of 25,360, making it the 11th largest urban centre in Ireland.
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The Clare Museum - the Riches of Clare
The Clare Museum was developed by Ennis Urban District Council in association with Clare County Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands, and its website at was developed by Clare County Library. The Riches of Clare - its people, places, treasures - occupies two galleries of the Clare Museum. The displays have been designed to have a wide visitor appeal and comprise a large loan of artifacts of Clare provenance from the National Museum of Ireland, the de Valera Museum collection, and artifacts collected locally. The galleries incorporate the traditional method of displaying original artifacts with modern interpretive tools such as colourful display panels, audio visual and computer interactive presentations, models, some replicas and specially commissioned art pieces. All showcases have been specifically designed with their contents in mind and environmentally conditioned to the requirements of the artifacts displayed in them. The concept of the exhibition is thematic, focusing on the lives and experiences of the people of Clare through the themes of Earth, Power, Faith, Water and Energy. Music: The Carnival of Ennis by Ellen Cranitch from her album Karst.
Flowing Tides: Musical Memory, History and Global Culture in County Clare, Ireland
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin discussed his book, Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape.
Speaker Biography: Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin is a leading authority in Irish traditional music, history, memory and diaspora research. He is a prolific writer, speaker and performer. A five-time All Ireland Champion uilleann piper, concertina player and former member of Ireland's legendary Kilfenora Céilí Band, he has presented more than 1,000 concerts on four continents during the past 30 years.
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1946 - Ireland Travelogue R1/2 220608-07 | Footage Farm
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[1946 - Ireland, Documentary, Travelogue] R1 of 2
Titles.
06:35:34 Scenic shots of Ireland: countryside, sheep farms, coastline & small castles in ruins.
06:36:03 Map showing division of Northern Ireland and Eire.
06:36:09 Belfast, Northern Ireland street w/ traffic - trolley buses & pedestrians past City Hall. Stormont. Irish Linen House. Shipyards workers leaving; men welding. Streets & residential houses in Protestant area w/ large mural of William of Orange painted on end wall. Orange parade w/ banners.
06:37:32 Customs / border post car & bus waiting to pass; official searches suitcase of woman. CUs
06:37:52 Montage: Ireland rural road, farmers w/ horse carts; town market w/ farmers, cattle & horses - market trading done w/ slap of the hand & exchange of money. Unloading peat (?); sheep outside shop. LS hills & lakes, sheep grazing, man & woman move cattle from field - farm laborers scythe & bundle grain by hand. CUs.
06:39:21 Lovely shot rear view couple on donkey cart down country road, POV tracking past cottages.
06:39:39 Interior cottage w/ woman spinning at wheel. Man at loom weaving. LS rocky land.
06:40:00 Catholic priest w/ church in background; making house calls, having tea w/ women.
06:40:34 Exterior large catholic church, people bless themselves w/ holy water. Interior, service in progress. People leaving church
06:41:00 Roman Catholic college - seminary - priests walk in grounds, in classroom. Novice priests in library studying. Walking in hallway. Reading illuminated books.
06:41:46 LS, MS, street scenes - Leopardstown Club entrance horse race track; people betting w/ on-course bookies. Horse race & crowds watching,
06:42:29 Sign in window re All Ireland Football finals, football stadium; bagpipe band - game in progress - mixture of rugby & football. Crowds watching.
06:43:00 Eamon de Valera in meeting.
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County Clare
County Clare is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Mid-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. Clare County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 117,196 according to the 2011 census.
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Arrival of American Governors to Limerick
Arrival of American Governors at Railway Station and City Library May 1976
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Ireland ( ( listen); Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen); Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.6 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.8 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.The island's geography comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland. Its lush vegetation is a product of its mild but changeable climate which is free of extremes in temperature. It was covered by thick woodlands until the Middle Ages. As of 2013, the amount of land that is wooded in Ireland is about 11% of the total, compared with a European average of 35%. There are twenty-six extant mammal species native to Ireland. The Irish climate is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and thus very moderate, and winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area, although summers are cooler than those in Continental Europe. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant.
The earliest evidence of human presence in Ireland is dated at 10,500 BC (12,500 years ago). Gaelic Ireland had emerged by the 1st century AD. The island was Christianised from the 5th century onward. Following the 12th century Norman invasion, England claimed sovereignty. However, English rule did not extend over the whole island until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest, which led to colonisation by settlers from Britain. In the 1690s, a system of Protestant English rule was designed to materially disadvantage the Catholic majority and Protestant dissenters, and was extended during the 18th century. With the Acts of Union in 1801, Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom. A war of independence in the early 20th century was followed by the partition of the island, creating the Irish Free State, which became increasingly sovereign over the following decades, and Northern Ireland, which remained a part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland saw much civil unrest from the late 1960s until the 1990s. This subsided following a political agreement in 1998. In 1973 the Republic of Ireland joined the European Economic Community while the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland, as part of it, did the same.
Irish culture has had a significant influence on other cultures, especially in the fields of literature. Alongside mainstream Western culture, a strong indigenous culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games, Irish music and the Irish language. The island's culture shares many features with that of Great Britain, including the English language, and sports such as association football, rugby, horse racing, and golf.
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Early History. Irish sense of tragedy. Irish stereotypes of good natured Irish cops, etc., blinds us to the harsher reality. (2.09.00) = Catholicism has a major role. St. Patrick in 1640 AD brings a controlling form of Catholicism to Ireland. The Vikings invade in the 8th & 9th centuries A.D. The English invade and take control, place population in peonage. In artistic images the English portray the Irish as sub-human. England becomes Protestant, Ireland remains Catholic. Irish attempt to compete with England in clothing production in 1690 is crushed (6.22.00) = Migration to England. The Irish migrating to England to find work are harshly treated. The Irish are excluded from public life. (6.59.00) = Irish rebellions. A series of Irish rebellions in the 1500s is crushed by England. Later, Ireland supports the French Revolution because France is an enemy of England. (12.01.00)= Response to the Irish rebellions. England makes some concessions but keeps the people in poverty. Oliver Cromwell wants to develop the middle class, promotes reforms, grants religious protections (14.10.00) = Mid 19th Century. Resistance. Arising from a sense of frustration, and without central planning, nationalistic, secret societies emerge, become a unifying force, with a goal of total independence (19.19.00) = The Potato Famine of 1840. Forced by England to grow mainly the one crop, combined with the potato blight, the famine results in possibly 1,000,000 deaths. England does nothing. Ireland loses population from the 1840s on due to emigration to the U.S. and elsewhere. (26.52.00) = Irish immigrants are a despised minority in the U.S. because they are Catholic in a Protestant country. In the American Civil War, the draft riots by Irish against blacks is put down violently.. (30.52.00) = Strong ties between Irish in America and family back home. Ireland remains undeveloped.. (33.37.00) = 20th Century. Class differences within U.S. Irish. Lace Curtain Irish versus the Shanty Irish. Irish find the police force and politics are ways out of poverty in the U.S. Boston is a major Irish center. (36.02.00) = Rejection of the English language in Ireland, promoting the return to Gaelic. Northern Ireland. Protestant English create settlements since the 1600s, become the majority, but remain a foreign element. Over time they remain a thorn to the Irish population. (38.02.00) = Irish Nationalism. During World War I, the Irish, hating England, remain neutral, but with strong pro-German feelings. The 1914 Easter Rebellion against English troops is put down. The Black & Tans impose militaristic control in Ireland, treat the Irish viciously. (41.28.00) = Attempts to settle. 1922 agreement gives Ireland political autonomy, excludes North Ireland, resulting in a divided country and civil war. De Valera wants all or nothing, Collins seeks a compromise agreement, splitting the Irish. Collins is assassinated. Struggle for the Irish Free State continues for decades. During World War II, Ireland remains hostile to England. (44.24.00) = United Ireland is unresolved.. The Troubles. The IRA has a violent wing which aims to rid Ireland of the Protestant element. This is not only a religious issue but a class issue. In Northern Ireland Protestants have access to better jobs than the Catholics. Riots in Northern Ireland against the presence of English troops. Ireland remains poor and undeveloped, losing population, with alcohol often the response to grinding poverty, and violence on both sides. Role of the church. Preaches toleration of suffering. (50.21.00) = Recent history. Diminished influence of the Catholic Church. Women's role grows. Reforms increase. Emigration lessens. Agriculture is still significant but there is a change to urban life away from the farm. Resolution to the North Ireland violence.
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