Many pagan Celtic traditions from medieval times were incorporated into Marian veneration, the most notable of which was the collection of flowers. Flowers were used to decorate grottoes, altars and ...

The general belief was that you should leave the statue outside under a bush the night before the wedding to ensure good weather ...

In a public interview published on Friday, May 2, disgraced former surgeon Michael Shine, 92, denied sexually abusing any ...

It is renowned for its tall west gable rose window. The church is 222 feet high. St Oliver Plunkett was hung, drawn and ...

Ireland’s bathing waters have been given a ... the quality of the majority of our bathing waters is rated either “excellent” or “good”. Some 96% of the 151 identified bathing waters ...

Our Lady of Grace watch over him", he added ... to offer prayers of thanksgiving for the new pontiff. Two Church of Ireland archbishops also welcomed the Pope. Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell ...

He was also general administrator of the Legionaries of Christ with responsibilities for seminaries and schools in Italy, Spain and Ireland ... a youth meeting at Our Lady of Good Counsel ...

“With God’s help, with Our Lady’s intercession, with the support of the community and the hard work of the clergy, a new parish church will rise again in one form or another.” Donegal TD ...

In Ireland, there have been several reported religious ... 1879, at about 8 o'clock. Our Lady, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of Heavenly light at the south gable ...

The widow and children of murdered GAA official Sean Brown urged Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn against taking the case to the Supreme Court.

Five bodies — the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd ... and the Church of Ireland — made no offer at all. The negotiation was part of a bid to secure contributions ...