It took its title from the Irish custom of hosting a gathering, both festive and mournful, on the eve of departing for America.

He also wished to see Kerry colonised by English gentlemen, and Irish customs such as tanistry abolished.

For many centuries it had been Irish custom to display a large wooden cross inside the monastic building enclosure.

In Irish custom, the chief of a "sept" or clan was elected from a small noble lineage group called a derbfine.

I stood at the window smoking a cigarette and looked out at the night, an old Irish custom.

In the thirteenth century English law was sufficiently defined to be transportable, and so supersede Irish custom, which was dismissed as barbarous.

Some came to see Gaelic as a statement by people who wanted to flaunt their devotion to Irish custom.

He would have shared the farm with his brother in the end, as was the Irish custom, but he didn't want that kind of life.

Many Irish-Americans formed their own units, which embraced Irish customs such as Catholic masses and priests.

We will wake her for several days, correct Irish custom, yes?