Cill Aodáin (Killedan) is a town in Mayo, and it is also the homeplace of the Irish poet Antoine O Raifteirí (Anthony Raftery). Raftery was born in 1779 and died on Christmas Day, 1835…

When we begin a New Year, we often think about the changes we wish to make, resolutions we want to keep, promises we hope to make, and the symbolic page we wish to turn…

James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He is considered the most prominent English-speaking literary figure of the first half of the twentieth century…

Eavan Boland was an Irish poet, author, and professor at Stanford University, where she had taught since 1996. Her work deals with issues of Irish national identity and the role of women in Irish history…

Michael Harnett (Micheál ÓhAirtnéide) was a bilingual poet who wrote in Irish and English. He was deeply revered and beloved amongst his peers…

Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Her writing often spoke to women's experiences and described the inner world of women and their challenges in society…

Brendan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. At the age of 16, Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland…

The Celtic day began at night, and the new year started in darkness, for it is understood that the whisperings of new beginnings come in dark silence. These threshold times are liminal times…

We are on the threshold of a new season.  The natural world around us is still full and ripe, yet we feel a change is coming. The trees are getting ready to lose their leaves again, and vegetation will begin to change colour and die away...

Lúnasa marks the mid-point between the Summer Solstice and the Equinox and was celebrated in remembrance of the God Lugh…

Courage is facing our fears, going into them, and being able to face what frightens us…

His name means ''Son of the Sea,'' he is considered the God of the sea and one of the Túatha De Danann…

Going through difficult times in our lives really brings home the importance and value of kindness…

The Grey wolf was an integral part of the Irish countryside and culture until 1786, when the last wild wolf in Ireland was said to have been killed…

The moon has a face we can see and an unseen side in the shadows.  This is a wonderful symbol for our own psyche…

Solstice, blessings to you all! This is a beautiful time of the year when we can celebrate the sun…

Before the famine, Ireland saw one of the worst storms ever recorded in Ireland. It was a storm that led to…

Teallach is the Irish word for hearth. The hearth was always of central importance in Celtic society…

This proverb invites us to view change and transformation as a metaphorical dark night- an initiation...

This sean fhocal, or proverb, speaks to how all things have their own timing. It is a wise reminder not to wait for a crisis to happen to make the changes necessary in our lives…