In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick's Day is Sheelah's Day but what is less known is that Sheelah was Patrick’s wife.

EASTER is the spring festival, writes Dick Warner

Mark Hayes continues his regular diary of a Corkman in LA with a survival guide to Lent and St Patrick’s Day in Hollywood – think Mardi Gras with green hats and leprechaun suits.

It's here.

It’s Ash Wednesday and Catholics worldwide are heading into mass today so a priest can make the sign of the cross in ash on their forehead.

ALREADY?! Shrove Tuesday has snuck up on us. Usually around now, time slows. There’s no bank holiday to look forward to. It feels like St Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Day are a year apart. New Year’s Day is a complete waste of a bank holiday, anyway.

Kilmeen Drama Group has been blazing a trail in Irish amateur theatre since the 1940s, writes Colette Sheridan

AVRIL MULCAHY doesn’t sit back, especially when it comes to finding Mr Right.

THOUSANDS of people are expected to go online to pray today — Ash Wednesday — as the computer gains in popularity as a virtual prayer book.

This week marks the start of Lent and older people will no doubt be mindful of the great changes that have occurred in recent years. Many were proud to carry the mark of the ashes at the beginning of Lent.

YOUNG people seem to be keen to go without treats for the 40 days of Lent but few will be going to Church as often as their parents used to years ago.