Women of the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement
by Hilary Kiely In the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916, Ireland had been riding a growing wave of cultural nationalism, demonstrated by …
Month: March 2022
Saint Enda of Aran
by Hilary Kiely The 21st of March is the Feast Day of Saint Enda of Aran. Tradition calls him the father of Irish monasticism. While …
Lorica of St Patrick or The Deer’s Cry
by Hilary Kiely St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated around the world wherever the Irish have travelled (which seems to be just about everywhere, with a diaspora …
Chalk Sunday and Salt Monday
by Hilary Kiely Traditionally, if you were to get married in Ireland, you would not or even could not do so during Lent. The Christian …