Over in Dublin there are continuing celebrations and commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising - the actual anniversary is not until late Ap...

Today The Independent ( not a newspaper of which I am usually fond ) has a very good feature article by Robert Fisk about the commemoration...

I glean from the Universalis site on the internet that today is the feast day of two Celtic saints, whose lives, and legends, are fascin...

There was disturbing and very sad report on the Medieval Religion discussion group today about the recent demolition of the thirteenth and...

Today is the feast of St Brigid, who died circa 524 and who is one of the great patron saints of Ireland. A great figure enmeshed in legend...

A topic which was recently featured on BBC News 24 also surfaced in the Daily Telegraph last week. This is the way in which Irishmen, servi...