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Are you one of the many people who are seizing the opportunity provided by the new year to focus on wellness? We all know diet and exercise are the keys to good health. And you can dig up a lot of very healthy eating habits when you explore your Irish culinary roots. It’s true that […]
Are you planning to deck your halls with boughs of holly this Christmas? Holly is synonymous with Christmas; it’s a classic holiday decoration. We see the distinctive, shiny green leaves and red berries on door wreaths, table settings and Christmas trees. Images of holly adorn wrapping paper and Christmas cards. But did you know that […]
If you watched Ireland play in the World Cup qualifiers against Denmark in the last week, you heard the song. Actually, if you’ve seen any Irish team play any sport against another national team, you’ve heard the song. You mightn’t know the name or the history of it, but if you’ve watch an Irish sports […]
Temperatures are dropping rapidly in Ireland, and shops large and small have begun to decorate for Christmas. The fixing for a traditional Irish Christmas cake have been on display for weeks now, but it is not late to make one. They need to be aged before the big day. While some swear you should make […]
Happy New Year! November 1st is the first day of the ancient Celtic year. Like January 1st, it’s the day after the big party. Around Ireland, neighbors are quietly cleaning up after the bonfires and fireworks of Halloween. Parents are taking down decorations and encouraging their children to pace themselves as they devour their candy. […]
You can expect a steady stream of pirates at your door this Halloween. Pirates are a staple of Halloween, along with vampires, superheroes, witches, zombies and ghosts. Part of the fun of dressing up as a pirate is that there are endless variations. Boys and girls, men and women can be pirates. No one is […]
Since the time of the Celts, glass has been used in Irish jewelry. Our earliest surviving artwork is beautiful, intricate stone carvings. The same swirling designs are in both early and modern Irish jewelry. Ireland quickly embraced crystal when it was developed. And we became one of the world’s most popular producers of crystal glassware, […]
As you carve the pumpkins, hang the fake spider webs and stock up on candy for trick or treaters, you probably are not thinking about romance. But the Celts of old were. Halloween’s roots are in Samhain, the pre-Christian Celtic New Year. People believed that a veil separated this world from the spirit world, where […]
Galway is known as the City of Tribes, but who were those tribes? Are you descended from one of them? Today we use the phrase ‘city of tribes’ in many ways to include all of the people of Galway and to celebrate the city’s history. But long ago, it referred specifically to 14 families who […]
Are you planning an Irish theme for your wedding? Maybe your beloved will slip a gold Claddagh ring on your finger, or perhaps you have chosen a Celtic wedding band. These Irish symbols have such deep meaning, they made a beautiful foundation for a wedding theme. If you have an Irish wedding theme, you probably […]
