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Christmas Food - Where Our Christmas Dinner Comes From In our podcast for this topic we spoke with Regina Sexton, food and culinary historian from University College Cork She is also the author of A Little History of Irish Food. The discussion was wide ranging
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Christmas Traditions - An Overview Where did the traditions of our Christmas tables come from, or the now rural based customs of the Wren Boys? Who is responsible for Holly and Ivy bedecking our homes or the pudding you eat after dinner? This series of articles will try and get to the bottom of these questions and open us to the often pagan
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The Holly And The Ivy "From every hedge is plucked by eager hands, The holly-branch with prickly leaves replete,
 And fraught with berries of a crimson hue; Which torn asunder from its parent trunk, Is straightway taken to the neighbouring towns; Where windows, mantles, candlesticks, and shelves, Quarts, pints, decanters, pipkins, basins, jugs,
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February In Irish History

Some remarkable anniversaries for February in Irish history

 

February 1796 - Theobald Wolf Tone, leader of the United Irishmen flees to France, fearing arrest in Ireland.

February 1882 - Reknowned author, James Joyce is born in Dublin.

February 1972 - British Embassy in Dublin is burned down by angry crowds following a Bloody Sunday protest march.

February 1537 - Tenth Earl of Kildare, Thomas FitzGerald, known as Silken Thomas, is executed in Tyburn, London.

February 1900 - John Redmond is elected leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

Book Reviews - Christmas Traditions

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The Christmas book

The Christmas book

The Christmas book: Christmas in the olden time, its customs and their origin : the holly and ivy, sports of the eve, Yule log, boar's head, the dinner, mummers, Lord of Misrule, Saturnalia, carols, mysteries and plays, boxes, &c. &c Free on Google Books (to stream of download) A really wonderful book...

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Dickens' Christmas

Dickens' Christmas

Dickens' Christmas Simall Callow €14.99 (circa) 9780711230316 Published by Frances Lincoln It seems appropriate that we consider Dickens in the context of Christmas traditions considering how pervasive his vision and that of his peers is in our own experience of the food, atmosphere and values...

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