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

A choir appears, singing as a litany of Irish saints is recited. The depicted May ceremony would be the last of its kind, as the blessing would move to Christmas Day later that year. The Irish ...

Rev. John Ahern, who served his Catholic faith as a Central New York parish priest and pastor, and honored his Irish heritage ...

Prayers for little Kyran Durnin, who is missing and presumed murdered, were said in churches all around Drogheda over Christmas. He was mentioned in name by most priests as Gardai followed up ...

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in the early hours of Christmas Day. Staffordshire ...

With the big day upon us, you may be on the hunt for some poignant Irish Christmas Blessings to share with your friends and family as you come together to celebrate.

An Irishman is in intensive care in Australia falling from a cliff at a popular Sydney beach on Christmas Day.

The American composer, Irving Berlin, consulting his doctor about his insomnia, was advised to count his blessings as he lay ...

given by Irish townspeople to country people - descended on urban areas to do their Christmas shopping ... there was also increased daily prayers as a type of spiritual preparation of Advent.

The Gettys Irish Christmas concerts have been an annual ... English Poet Malcolm Guite and Singer-Songwriter Blessing Offor. Additionally, a 150-person choir with members from around the nation ...

McNally’s Irish Pub at 69th Street and Western Avenue in Sioux Falls closed its doors and has not reopened for business.