Person: Kevin Danaher

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Clodagh Finn: Is Women’s Little Christmas really a day to celebrate?

There should be no such thing as women's issues, only human rights issues, writes Clodagh Finn

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

apple eating race. Food On A String game. Activity for halloween party

Donal Hickey: Does winter start on November 1 or in December?

The Halloween/Samhain tradition marked the end of the farming year, with all the harvest in and animals housed for the harsh season ahead. Crops to feed animals and people were stored away safely — and it was a time to celebrate

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

The beauty of the slightly dilapidated and often over-looked small period outbuilding

Restoring forgotten buildings gently, or leaving them alone for their inherent charm could prove more cost effective in the end, writes Kya de Longchamps.

Sat, 07 May, 2016

Spring is definitely in the air now that St Brigid’s Day has passed

THE ‘biddies’ were out over the weekend in some rural areas, keeping alive an age-old custom that marks the coming of spring while schoolchildren here and there have been making St Brigid’s crosses in honour of the saint whose feast day is February 1.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015