In the mid-19th century, a Celtic revival led to an increased use of the ringed cross in Ireland, and the Celtic Cross became not only a religious symbol but an emblem of Celtic identity.

a group still traveled to Emmet Park that afternoon for Burke to place a wreath at the base of the Celtic Cross Monument, which stands as a symbol of the local Irish community’s history and faith.

like merging the sun (an existing Irish symbol) with the traditional cross to create the famed Celtic cross. Ireland and neighbors across the pond have been commemorating Saint Patrick since the ...

"He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish ...