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Irish American Heritage Month

Irish American Heritage Month

Irish American Heritage Month is celebrated in March every year and honors the achievements and contributions of Irish immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. Through Google Earth VR you are invited to explore the countryside  of Ireland or visit heavily populated areas of the United States settled by Irish immigrants. Learn a bit of Irish history using the VR experience Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel. 

Google Earth VR using HTC Vive Pro Eye

Google Earth VR: Now with Street view

Explore 20 sites in Ireland using Google Earth VR.

  1. The cliffs of Moher
  2. Grafton Street, Dublin
  3. Killarney National Park and Muckross House & Gardens

  4. The Book of Kells and Trinity College, Dublin

  5. Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

  6. The Ring of Kerry

  7. Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

  8. Powerscourt House and Gardens, Co. Wicklow

  9. The Rock of Cashel

  10. National Museum of Ireland, Dublin and County Mayo

  11. Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone

  12. Kinsale, Co. Cork

  13. The Dingle Peninsula and the Wild Atlantic Way

  14. St. Stephen's Green, DublinTorc Waterfall, Killarney National Park

  15. Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

  16. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

  17. The English Market, Cork

  18. The Aran Islands

  19. Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny

  20. The Little Museum of Dublin

Explore Irish History in VR

BBC: Easter Rising Voice of a Rebel

Easter Rising : Voice of a Rebel is a PC VR Experience on the  Meta platform.  Using the VLC's Meta Quest 2 and a Quest Link cable on Seated or Standing Station 2, you can experience part documentary, part virtual theatre as you step into one man’s memories and journey back to a moment that changed Irish History forever: the 1916 Easter Rising. Easter Rising was an Irish republican insurrection against British government in Ireland, which began on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, in Dublin.