Irish tradition
Emerald Isle heritage
Irish tradition encompasses the customs, practices, and cultural heritage of Ireland—music, dance, storytelling, and celebrations passed down through generations.
The phrase often appears in contexts of folk arts, pub culture, and holiday observances: It's an Irish tradition to leave a candle burning in the window at Christmas.
Sometimes invoked humorously to justify drinking: It's an Irish tradition to have a pint or three.
- Brehon lawsPre-Norman Irish legal tradition
- leprechaunMischievous Irish sprite
- Claddagh ringIrish betrothal band
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- tin whistleMetal folk flute
clan system · soda bread · bodhrán · sean-nós singing · Gaelic · Tuatha Dé Danann · ogham stones · Beltane · banshee · Samhain · selkie · colcannon · Táin Bó Cúailnge · bard · black pudding · fairy ring · harp · step dancing
- Irish LiteratureJames Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Yeats, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett
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Longstanding UK cultural practice
English tradition · British culture · Scottish tradition · American culture · American tradition
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