St Brigid is the most important of Ireland’s female saints, the patron of healers and midwives. The tradition of weaving her cross from reeds for 1st February, to celebrate the...
Words have been cherished in Ireland since the first lines were carved on Ogham stones and they are celebrated in the song, poetry and the art of everyday conversation. The...
The traditional Gaelic greeting which means one hundred thousand welcomes. The Irish respect the significance of the welcome as a threshold or rite of passage. Among Celts, there is a...
This comes from St. Kevin’s church in the beautiful and dramatic vale of Glendalough, Co Wicklow. The cross is the most ancient and powerful of symbols: an encounter of the...