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News Roundup January 28, 2023

By Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter January 28, 2023

January 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment

St Brigid's Day Becomes an Irish Bank Holiday St Brigid, one of only three female patron saints of Ireland, is getting her own public holiday. Starting Monday, February 6, 2023, St Brigid’s day will be a recurring public (also known as a bank) holiday to observed annually on the first Monday of every February, except when the first falls on a Friday, it will be observed on a … [Read more...] about News Roundup January 28, 2023

Hook Lighthouse Celebrates First Imbolc Festival

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by 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

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Hook Lighthouse Celebrates First Imbolc Festival

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