Nollaig na mBan: A day for the women of Ireland

Legend or accurate historic fact, Joyce Fegan looks at the customs going back centuries to see how Women's Little Christmas was actually celebrated by women and we also talk to modern women to see how they are marking Nollaig na mBan in 2022

Elaine Greavina, Trish Ahern and Antoinette Greavina at a Roaring Twenties Fundraiser at The Ambassador Hotel, Cork, on Little Women's Christmas in 2016 in aid of The Girls Club. Nowadays, modern women have reclaimed Nollaig na mBan and made it about other women in the process. Photo: Jim Coughlan

The Epiphany to some, the twelfth day of Christmas to others, but going back generations, today marks Women's Little Christmas, or Nollaig na mBan - a day when the women of the house, especially in West Cork, rested, visited friends, drank tea, ate currant cake, and even went to the pub.

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