Stephanie Chase: From kneecap to the Fleadh, Irish culture is doing what politics can’t

There will be no greater example of nationalism’s soft power than when Belfast hosts the Fleadh next month ...
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Social isolation faced by Irish in US worked in favor of protecting Irish culture, ambassador says

EXCLUSIVE: The wave of Irish immigrants that arrived in the U.S. in the mid-19th century was shunned by wider society, forcing them to congregate in ethnic enclaves ...