The Christmas tree is often the last festive decoration to come down as homes across Ireland pack away their decorations to ...

There are many Irish folk rituals associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as Nollaig na mBan ...

Planning your year around Ireland’s cherished bank holidays? Here's everything you need to know about Ireland's Bank Holidays ...

HER house was packed out with Christmas decorations – including a fireplace full of stockings and multiple trees. So when it came to tidying away the festive accessories, mum-of-22 Sue ...

If you take down your Christmas tree and decorations too soon, and you might invite a year of bad luck. But leave them up too ...

As with the dates for putting up a Christmas tree, people tend to choose different days for when to take it down with some ...

Celebrate the start of 2025 with these Irish New Year's Eve toasts and blessings to ring in a new year. Here's to 2025!

Father Doyle, who served as chaplain for 16 years, recalled conducting the blessings each year after the final Christmas Mass ...

Willing volunteers kept up a long tradition by supporting the annual Christmas morning Mushera climb and raising money for worthy charities. Temperatures remained relatively mild for big numbers drawn ...

Christmas blues and aren’t ready for the festive fun to be over just yet, there’s a perfect winter sun break where the ...

Does your congregation have any special or unusual Advent or Christmas customs? Are there any that are characteristic of your ...

Setting things on fire is a common New Year's Eve ritual. Some believe it allows you to let go of painful things that ...