The oldest musical tradition which fits under the label of Celtic fusion originated in the rural American south in the early colonial period and incorporated Scottish, Scots-Irish, Irish, English, and African influences.

Some of the first British-sanctioned settlers to the island following the Seven Years ' War were Irish, although upon settlement, they merged with local French communities to form a culture rich in both music and tradition.

By tradition, the pagan Saxons were invited by Vortigern to assist in fighting the Picts and Irish, though archaeology has suggested some official settlement as landed mercenaries as early as the 3rd century.

It was once unquestioned that medieval Irish literature preserved truly ancient traditions in a form virtually unchanged through centuries of oral tradition back to the ancient Celts of Europe.

* November 1 is called November Day ( Lá Samhna ) in Celtic tradition and is thus named in the Irish Calendar, where the month is called Mí na Samhna.

It is the most popular tune-type within the Irish dance music tradition.

It crossed the Atlantic ocean with Irish and British immigration and thus entered the musical tradition of Atlantic and French-speaking Canada including that of Quebecers and Acadians.

At the time of mass transatlantic Irish and Scottish immigration, which popularized Halloween in North America, Halloween in Ireland and Scotland had a strong tradition of guising and pranks.

Ronald Hutton notes that while medieval Irish authors do attribute a historical pagan significance to the Beltane festival, they are silent in this respect in regard to Samhain, apparently because no tradition of pagan ritual had survived into the Christian period.

Apart from these creative writers, much of the impetus for the Revival came from the work of scholarly translators who were aiding in the discovery of both the ancient sagas and Ossianic poetry and the more recent folk song tradition in Irish.

Cuthbert himself, though educated in the Irish tradition, followed his mentor Eata in accepting the Roman forms without apparent difficulty after the Synod of Whitby in 664.

Donegal has a long literary tradition in both Irish and English.

In the best British and Irish tradition, malt vinegar is often the condiment of choice of many Australasian fish and chip lovers.

Irish social dance is a living tradition, and variations in particular dances are found across the Irish dancing community ; in some places, dances are deliberately modified and new dances are choreographed.

Yet the various forms of concertina survived in some areas: Anglo concertinas in Irish traditional music, the English and the Anglo in English Morris dancing, the Anglo in Africa, among Afrikaners ( see Boer music ) and Zulus ( who call it a " squashbox "), the Chemnitzer in the United States as a polka instrument, and the " bandoneón " in Argentina as a prominent part of the Tango tradition.

Irish expatriates had a long tradition of serving in military forces of Catholic countries, for instance, serving with Spain and later France in groups of young men who had left Ireland during what would become known as the Flight of the Wild Geese in the 17th century.

The " Roman " tonsure, in the shape of a crown, differing from the Irish tradition, which is unclear but involved shaving the hair from ear to ear in some fashion

In the Irish tradition there were two types of such peregrinatio, the " lesser " peregrinatio, involving leaving one's home area but not the island, and the " superior " peregrinatio, which meant leaving Ireland for good.

Brian “ Boru ” combined Irish tradition with innovation to become the most successful Irish king of his time.

" Finnegan's Wake " is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs.

Cormac mac Airt ( son of Art ), also known as Cormac ua Cuinn ( grandson of Conn ) or Cormac Ulfada ( long beard ), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.

Art mac Cuinn (" son of Conn "), also known as Art Óenfer ( literally " one man ", used in the sense of " lone ", " solitary ", or " only son "), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.

A number of figures called Macha appear in Irish mythology, legend and historical tradition, all believed to derive from the same deity.

In art St. Columbanus is represented bearded bearing the monastic cowl, he holds in his hand a book with an Irish satchel, and stands in the midst of wolves.

As both of his parents are from Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Leary holds both Irish and U. S. citizenship.

London once more holds an official public St Patrick's Day celebration, which although having been cancelled in the 1970s because of Irish Republican violence, is now a national celebration, with over 60 percent of the population regularly celebrating the day regardless of their ethnic origins.

Unusually, Yeats holds the distinction of being Ireland's first medalist at the Olympic Games in the wake of creation of the Irish Free State.

* February 21 – 26 – Seven Years ' War – At the Battle of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland, a force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring ; the force is defeated ( and Thurot killed ) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on February 28.

The story of the Irish Great Frost of 1740-1741 holds lessons for human social behavior in response to climate-induced limitations in energy, food, and housing.

It holds services twice a month in Irish.

Day-Lewis currently holds dual British and Irish citizenship ; he became an Irish citizen in 1993.

FitzGerald was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and holds a number of Honorary Doctorates from American, British and Irish universities.

* Providence Resources Plc, an Irish based oil and gas exploration and production company, in which he holds a stake of at least 40 %.

As O ' Reilly is also a British subject, in part due to his pre-1949 Irish birth, he holds a substantive and not just an honorary knighthood, and can validly style himself Sir, as he has done ; see British honours system.

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL ( born 3 August 1938 ), also known as Terry Wogan, is an Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship.

* St. Mary's Cemetery holds the only Irish round tower in the United States, built from local granite.

The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Uxbridge, in the County of Middlesex, in the Peerage of Great Britain ( 1784 ), Baron Paget, de Beaudesert, in the Peerage of England ( 1553 ), and is also an Irish Baronet, of Plas Newydd in the County of Anglesey and of Mount Bagenall in the County of Louth.

It also holds influence in the Northern Irish branch of the FBU where its members played a key role in encouraging the FBU's split from the British Labour Party in 2004.

The Minister for Finance holds the second most important ministerial position in the Irish Cabinet after that of the Taoiseach.

James Woodburn holds that the Scots and Irish " commonly intermarried ".

Simpson, whose grandmother was born in Ireland, holds British and Irish citizenship ; he moved back to London in 2005 after living in Ireland for several years.

He holds both American and Irish citizenship.

Clew Bay itself is an internationally recognised sea angling centre hosting many sea fishing competitions each year and it is renowned for being the best venue for common skate fishing in the country and holds the Irish record for a 160 lb white skate.

Maynooth is also the seat of the Irish Catholic Bishops ’ Conference and holds the headquarters of Ireland's largest development charity, Trócaire.

Blakestown Community & Resource Centre, on Blakestown Way, holds various activities in its Sports Hall including Gymnastics, Martial Arts and Irish Dancing.

The Academy Library holds the largest collection of Old Irish manuscripts in the world.