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Sláinte! Samhain: The Celtic New Year
Halloween is a night of magic, mystery and merry making. Ghosts haunt the imagination and…
Heroes of the Revolution
As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, Edythe Preet…
Slainte! Birds of Celtic Myths and Legend
In Irish Folklore the Raven was thought to be a messenger from the other world….
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Sláinte!: The World Is My (Irish) Oyster
Though Jonathan Swift is believed by many to have said, “He was a brave man who first dared to eat oysters,” the quote predates Dublin’s good doctor by about one […]
Sláinte! The Scottish Connection
Scattered along Northern Ireland’s rugged coast, forty thousand hexagonal columns trail from a stretch of cliffs to the sea. The unique rock formation is known worldwide as The Giant’s Causeway. […]
Sláinte!: The Night of the Big Portion
In Ireland the last night of the year was called Oiche na Cada Moire, The Night of the Big Portion. It was common practice to have a big supper that […]
Sláinte! The Feast of Bealtaine
The Celtic feast of Bealtaine (Bright Fire) began on the first day of May with the lighting of the May Fires. The clan gathered to celebrate the end of the […]
Sláinte!: Saint Patrick
It is perhaps a love of words that endears the Irish to Saint Patrick. Son of a West Britain Roman family, at age sixteen Patrick was kidnapped by pirates and […]
Sláinte! Brigid: Goddess and Saint
For over a thousand years, February 1 has been celebrated as St. Brigid’s Day. Legend holds it was then that the saint placed her foot in a spring outside the […]