February might be famous for holidays like Valentine’s Day – or Galentine’s Day for those who don’t need a significant other – but there’s more traditional festivities that might be less familiar, ...

It was an icy afternoon in mid-January when I walked into my local village of Ballycastle on the north Mayo coast. A bright winter sun shone through the pink and purple clouds of the big Atlantic sky.

The medieval style candle-lit procession at Faughart As the birthplace of St Brigid, Louth is the ideal place to visit to celebrate our matron saint and Celtic Goddess over the bank holiday weekend.

The Irish Government has decided that next year a national public holiday (equivalent to that given to St Patrick) will be accorded to Brigid, saint, goddess, matron of poetry, healing, and smithwork.

Louth County Council’s decision not to programme any events to mark St Brigid’s Day this year is a “missed opportunity”, Dundalk councillor Maeve Yore has told The Argus. She was reacting to the ...