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John Hanly & Co, A Biddy Murphy Partnership!

Biddy Murphy CEO Ward Gahan takes up the pen to write about one of Biddy Murphy's longest partnerships... John Hanly & Co.! Learn more about one of Ireland's best weavers by reading this blog!

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From The Quiet Man to Star Wars: Movies Filmed in Ireland

Ireland is known for its beautiful scenery, so of course its the perfect place to film a movie! Some amazing movies has been filmed in Ireland, both for movies set in Ireland and movies who that weren't. Read on to learn about some of my favorites!

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Ward's Trip Log: Lough Inagh and Kylemore Abbey

I just returned from my trip to Ireland! Check out the first part of my trip here, and enjoy even more of my trip on the western coast of Ireland by reading on! As you drive along the N-59 or The Road to Clifden as the locals call it; the Lough Inagh and Maam Valley are off to your right side by side. The scenery is breathtaking in its beauty. The light changes by the minute and the shadows of the clods run across the mountains and bogs. I drove along the road towards Kylemore Abbey and managed to stop...

Spooky Ghost Stories from Ireland!

A place as old as Ireland is due to have its fair share of ghost stories. When you have a land covered in castles from the middle ages and a history of wars and famines, it’s easy to turn up a ghost or two. The tradition of Halloween goes back even before the death of its most famous ghosts. The festival was originally called “samhain” or “end of summer” by the ancient Celts. For these pagans, this period was when the spirits of the dead would visit the living. This was a much scarier experience than Mexico’s Day of the...

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The History of the Celtic Tartan

When people think of Celtic culture, sometimes their mind goes straight to a man wearing a patterned kilt playing a matching set of fabric bagpipes. It’s a vivid cultural image, in part thanks to to the rich fabric that man is wearing. The kilt of this imaginary man is tartan, a pattern of interlocking lines of varying width that run horizontal and vertical across the fabric. In Scotland, the Tartans have large cultural significance. The oldest known tartan item in Scotland dates back to the third or fourth century. In early times, tartan would have been homespun with wool. The...