culture
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Shipwrecks and underwater cultural heritage
RTE reported recently on the re-discovery of a shipwreck on Portmarnock Strand. This discovery led researchers to discover three new wrecks that were unknown to them. Newly released State papers also cast light on Ireland’s efforts to negotiate the return of cannon allegedly stolen from a shipwreck in Irish waters. Shipwrecks form part of Ireland’s…
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UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ireland recently announced that it was adding four practices to the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. These four are: Men and women’s Gaelic Football, Weaving of a St. Brigid’s Cross, Set Dancing, and The Amateur Theatre Tradition I thought I would use this as an opportunity to look at UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural…
