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.
Explore 20 sites in Ireland using Google Earth VR.
Killarney National Park and Muckross House & Gardens
The Book of Kells and Trinity College, Dublin
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
The Ring of Kerry
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
Powerscourt House and Gardens, Co. Wicklow
The Rock of Cashel
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin and County Mayo
Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone
Kinsale, Co. Cork
The Dingle Peninsula and the Wild Atlantic Way
St. Stephen's Green, DublinTorc Waterfall, Killarney National Park
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
The English Market, Cork
The Aran Islands
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny
The Little Museum of Dublin
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.