Round towers were designed primarily as bell-towers and were attached to some of the most prestigious churches in Ireland during the 11th and 12th centuries. In thickly forested and remote landscapes ...

2017.0079 This article explores the differences between early Irish saints' cults, concentrating mainly but not exclusively ... It is argued that Brigit's cult had at least four constituencies: the ...

Early Christians did not have an easy time. The Roman authorities who were in power persecuted them because the new Christian religion was different from the official Roman religion. Despite these ...

By Philip Freeman Everyone knows about St Patrick – the man who drove the snakes out of Ireland, defeated fierce druids in contests of magic and used the shamrock to explain the Christian Trinity to ...

St. Patrick’s Day a holiday where it is socially acceptable to be drinking from sunrise to sunset. Some participants take the festivities very seriously, waking up bright and early at 6 a.m. on ...