Feast of St Gall (Havel)

October 16, 2024

16 October marks the feast day of the significant Irish missionary St Gall. The church of St Havel (the Czech form of Gall) was...

Samhain

October 19, 2024

In pre-Celtic Ireland, Samhain (Halloween) was a time for celebration, music, dancing and feasting. The Celts, when they arrived thousands of years later, continued...

Halloween

October 24, 2024

The feast of Samhain marks the start of the Celtic New Year. On this special night, the boundaries between worlds were porous, and creatures...

Winter Solstice

December 20, 2024

The Miracle of Newgrange brings 2024 to a close. Newgrange is a prehistoric monument (dating to 3,200 B.C.) 50 km from Dublin which is...