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Hook Lighthouse Celebrates First Imbolc Festival

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/adam-farley/">Adam Farley</a>, Deputy Editor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/april-may-2018/">April / May 2018</a> 1 Comment

Though one of the lesser-known festivals of the ancient Celts, Imbolc was one of the four most important seasonal celebrations in the Celtic calendar, heralding the coming of spring. Hook Lighthouse, the oldest operating lighthouse in the world, has revived and reimagined the festival for the modern era in its inaugural celebration of Imbolc on the 800-year-old site. The … [Read more...] about Hook Lighthouse Celebrates First Imbolc Festival

Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2017-archive/august-september-2017/">August / September 2017</a> Leave a Comment

Hook Lighthouse, located on the Hook Head peninsula in County Waterford, has expanded its tourism offerings this year by introducing sunset tours to capitalize on the vast seascapes and glorious colors of the Irish Sea. “Watching the sun go down at the tip of the Hook Peninsula is a memorable experience. The lighthouse watch-room offers spectacular panoramic views underneath … [Read more...] about Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

December 5, 1921

Following the conclusion of negotiations between Irish government representatives and British government representatives, the British give the Irish a deadline to either accept of reject the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The treaty established the self-governing Irish Free State but still made Ireland a dominion under the British Crown. The treaty also gave the six counties of Northern Ireland, which had been acknowledged in the 1920 Government of Ireland Act, the option to opt out of the Irish Free State and remain part of England, which they opted for. The Anglo-Irish treaty split many and on this day in 1921 Prime Minister David LLoyd-George said that rejection by the Irish would result in “immediate and terrible war.”

Hook Lighthouse Celebrates First Imbolc Festival

Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

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