The Celts considered generosity and kinship as sacred duties, especially during the long winter months when sticking together was a matter of survival. Sharing food,...
Christmas may be all about tradition, yet celebrating the holiday with all the trimmings - especially during these difficult economic times - can put a...
Simple and scrumptious, Scottish Shortbread Cookies are the perfect sweet treat during the holiday season. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups salted butter softened, 3 sticks, 12...
According to longstanding theory, the origins of Christmas stem from pagan winter festivals. One main reason early Christians were able to spread their religion across...
Travelling through Scotland - and after visiting several distilleries across Speyside and the Highlands while following developments in the Irish whiskey industry - it feels...
Achmelvich Castle, Assynt Scotland has hundreds of castles – we’ve already offered in a previous gallery a pick of 10 of the best. But those wandering the...
Celebrating humor, heart, and haystacks, the Irish Farmer’s Calendar captures rural life on the Emerald Isle with unmistakable charm. Depicting Irish life from a pastoral...
On Dublin’s north side, near the botanic gardens, author Susanne Carpenter finds inspiration in the lure of Irish lore and lineage. She describes her father...
It’s only right that Dublin, that most gregarious of cities, is the undisputed standard-bearer for the humble pub. From nursing a quiet afternoon pint on...
Since Roman times, millions of people have thought of themselves as "British", but this identity was only created with the Union of England, Wales and...
It’s a quiet morning in Ireland - several weeks before a virus swept the world and changed everything - and Cillian Murphy, the 43-year-old actor born...
A growing movement aims to have Asturias acknowledged as a Celtic nation. Fernán Morán, President of the Asturian Celtic League, believes that Asturian Celtic culture...
The Celts that settled in what we know as Northern Ireland today, were the Ulaid (Old Irish) or the Ulaidh (Modern Irish). They were a people of early...
Folks still recognize Allan Hawco as Jake Doyle, the impulsive, wise-cracking, GTO-driving half of a St. John’s father and son private-eye series Republic of Doyle...
Celts have always been associated with the northern European lands and of inhabiting Ireland, Scotland and Wales; but it is true that Celtic tribes did...
