It was the Celts who provided Ireland with language, songs, poetry and magnificent artefacts such as the Ardagh Chalice and The Book of Kells. ... The men in this kingdom were ready to form alliances with the Vikings to maintain their independence and to prevent the two most powerful Gaelic groups in Ireland extending the...
Their disbelief turned to disgust and angst when King Henry II returned to England and claimed himself the ruler of Ireland. ... As the ships docked, the Immigrants were greeted by hundreds of runners, usually large greedy men, that flooded aboard the ship grabbing the Irish Immigrants and their bags trying to force them to their favorite tenement house and then demanded an outrageous fee for their services. ... The country was growing and it needed men to do the heavy work of building bridges, canals, and railroads. ... In many Irish families, it was the women who pushed the men upwards in ...
