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2. Christmas in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Ireland is a predominantly Catholic country and Christmas plays an important role in religious aspects of Irish life, taking the place of the pre-Christian festival on the winter solstice. [4] The earliest account of the Christian celebration of Christmas in Ireland are from 1171, when the excommunicated King Henry II spent Christmas in Dublin.

3. Mummering - Wikipedia

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   Mummering is a Christmas-time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ireland, Philadelphia, and parts of the United Kingdom. Also known as mumming or janneying , it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the twelve ...

4. Christmas - Wikipedia

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   In the UK and Ireland, the Christmas shopping season starts from mid-November, around the time when high street Christmas lights are turned on. [ 214 ] [ 215 ] A concept devised by retail entrepreneur David Lewis , the first Christmas grotto opened in Lewis's department store in Liverpool, England in 1879. [ 216 ]

5. I Went to Ireland and Here Are 10 Things You Must Do ... - AOL

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6. Tourism in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Tourism in the Republic of Ireland is one of the biggest contributors to the economy of Ireland, with 9.0 million people visiting the country in 2017, about 1.8 times Ireland's population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each year about €5.2bn in revenue is made from economic activities directly related to tourists, accounting for nearly 2% of GNP and employing ...

7. Wren Day - Wikipedia

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   Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), or Hunt the Wren Day (Manx: Shelg yn Dreean), is an Irish and Manx custom on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day (known in most of Ulster as Boxing Day). Traditionally, men and boys hunted a wren, which was revered as the 'king of the birds'. They displayed it on top of a staff decorated with holly, ivy and ...