Festival of Imbolc
In pre-Christian Ireland, the festival of Imbolc signaled the beginning of springtime, with longer and warmer days. The origins of Imbolc The word Imbolc is…
In pre-Christian Ireland, the festival of Imbolc signaled the beginning of springtime, with longer and warmer days. The origins of Imbolc The word Imbolc is…
The Celtic festival of Lughnasadh (from the old Gaelic Lugh the pagan God and nasad meaning assembly), Lughnasa or in old English, Lammas ( meaning…
Cathbad was an Irish Druid in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He was one of Ireland’s most powerful Druids for his time who gathered…
Halloween in Ireland has been celebrated for centuries and first originated from the festival of Samhain which dates back over 2,000 years. Samhain in Ireland…
The bodhrán is an Irish framed drum and ranges from 25 to 65cm in diameter. The bodhrán is made from goats-skins, tacked to one side. (Synthetic…
Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist, and composer born on 17th May 1961. From Gweedore, County Donegal she pursued a career in music first joining…
The Corrs have been described as a Celtic Rock Group from Dundalk, Co. Louth, in Ireland and consist of three sisters and a brother, Andrea,…
In March 2003 a body was found by Peat cutters in a bog in Clonycavan, County Meath. The gruesome discovery gave us an insight into…
In the early stages of the Iron Age period, a new culture started to evolve across Europe, the Celts. When the Celtic culture reached Ireland its influence…
The Iron Age period in Ireland begins approximately 500BC after a new culture began to evolve and expand from east of central Europe. It’s people, warlike…
Beltany Stone Circle is located outside the town of Raphoe in County Donegal. It is made up of 64 large stones that enclose a low…
Located in County Meath, Ireland, is the tomb of Newgrange that dates back to 3200 BC, during the Neolithic Period in Ireland. It is a…
We know very little about the origins of Irish dancing or when it first arrived in Ireland but we do know it has been here…