The Slieve Bloom Association will be marking the pagan festival of Imbolc on Spink mountain (Bracket Stone) near Cadamstown during which goats will be milked. Anyone who wishes to participate in this ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! An Post has issued a striking set of stamps on the feast day of Saint Brigid also marking the pagan festival of Imbolc – both celebrated on ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! An Post has issued a striking set of stamps on the feast day of Saint Brigid also marking the pagan festival of Imbolc – both celebrated on ...

But in Ireland boxty is more associated with St. Brigid's Day (and its pagan predecessor, Imbolc), which traditionally falls on February 1. In pre-Christian times, the festival celebrated the ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter ...

March 18 will be a once-off bank holiday for a "Day of Remembrance and Recognition" in Ireland this year, while from 2023, the first Monday in February will be a new permanent bank holiday marking ...