Oíche Chiúin - Silent Night as Gaeilge.
Sung by Enya, with lyrics and translations (more or less) so you can sing and follow along:

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You are on a train from the middle of England destined for North Wales. For Holyhead and the ferry home.
The train arrives on time. […]

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Christmas Eve in Dublin
I would leave most if not all present buying until Christmas Eve and then head into town for the present-buying blitz.
I might […]

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From An Irish Christmas by Moya Brennan

If Christmas Eve is your day, enjoy it. If not, d’ya fancy a pint?

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Once upon a time The Elders of Kansas City’s weren’t fronted by Ian Byrne. Such has been the Wicklow man’s presence that it seems like […]

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It’s not remotely Irish, but then neither is that stuff I drank last night. And I need to go out and watch for price reductions. […]

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On the First Day of Christmas my True Love Gave to Me, a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the Second Day of Christmas my […]

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In The Irish Times Siobhán Long has her top Irish Traditional Music albums of 2006.
Before running through the list Siobhán recaps on the year with […]

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If you’re keeping an eye on last minute Irish gift buying, then you’ll be wanting to know that Browne’s Irish Market is open the following […]

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My Celtic Treasures continues its Holiday Showroom TODAY Saturday, December 23rd, between NOON and 7:00 pm located at 9730 Slater, Overland Park, Kansas.
For directions […]

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This four in the morning and what’s more the dawning lark can be tiring. Could I be in danger of being partied out before Christmas […]

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The first time I saw the inside of a Kansas city bus with tinsel garland and a few little Christmas Tree lights strung along the […]

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I need to go out and mug a few people, so here’s something to keep ya entertained. To quote Margaret Thatcher, youTube if you want […]

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By popular demand, here is a second snippet of a story of drunken fortitude in one Irishman’s quest to travel directly from a Christmas work […]

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Resting Places is the documentary by Melissa Villanueva on the growth in the Western World of roadside Christian crosses marking where loved ones lost their […]

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For anyone, from ’round these parts, who may not dig deep and follow comments on posts, let me draw your attention to Kevin Kiley’s contribution […]

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Moone Cross Base
$195 to Irish KC readers
Update: SOLD
12″ x 16″,
On canvas, Framed
The Cross of Moone is my favourite of all the Irish High Crosses. I […]

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Amazon have just wished me Happy Holidays and then ruined it by wishing me a wonderful New Year - which should be covered by the […]

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In Irish KC’s claim to all things Irish in the Kansas City area and beyond, I should acknowledge that a man believed to have a […]

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I’m not letting go of this Irish handballers in Kansas thing, especially since the most amazing thing is the poor kids are giving up Christmas […]

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