True friendships are a wonderful thing to have during the best times and especially the worst times. There is an old saying which says if you are friends with a person for more than seven years, then ...

Let's toast to all the happy couples with some words of kindness and a great Irish wedding blessing! Wise old words from Ireland abound, and Irish blessings and sayings for weddings are no exception.

The Irish Chaplaincy is preparing for its annual Service of Remembrance for family and friends of seniors, prisoners and ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

Maureen Kenney, the youngest of six living siblings of Bishop-elect Kevin Kenney, remembers that while growing up there “was ...

The Beatles' John Lennon, who was fiercely proud of his Irish heritage, bought an island in Co Mayo with his wife, Yoko Ono - ...

1. Any priest may confer the blessings of the Church, except those reserved to the Pope, to bishops, or to others. * A reserved blessing which is conferred by a priest who does not have the ...

A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD). A blessing, (also used to refer to ...

At Dublin’s 48 Gardiner St. Lower, a plaque honors the boyhood home of Greek-Irish writer Patrick Lafacadio Hearn, who is ...

Several people of interest have now been identified by investigators, sources say, but there have been no arrests made as yet ...

Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that pre-existed Halloween, is having a resurgence in Ireland and beyond. Anna Hart ...

Notre Dame football hasn’t won a championship in decades, but there’s no denying that it’s one of the most iconic brands in ...