Darina Allen: Homemade butter, oatmeal scones and Uncle Gaybo's colcannon recipe

You can cook these scones on a griddle, on the stovetop or over an open fire if you really want to be authentic.

It's nearly February 1: time to celebrate a very special day in the Irish calendar, the feast day of our beloved patron Saint Brigid.

Lá Fhéile Bríde also marks the beginning of Spring, the season of seed sowing when nature begins to spring back into life and hope is renewed, all the more reason to celebrate this year.....