Category: Celtic Revival period
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New Bank Holiday in Ireland – St Bridget’s Day,1st February
2025 Update: Celebrating Celtic tradition and St. Brigid in Galway on the first Bank Holiday of the year Ireland is gearing up to celebrate its third Bank Holiday in honour of Brigid, a figure deeply embedded in the nation’s cultural and spiritual history. Brigid is both a revered pre-Christian goddess and a beloved Celtic Christian…
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The Celtic Revival in Ireland . .
a period in Irish history that’s loosely termed the Celtic Revival or Gaelic Revival. It spanned the years 1880 to 1930 approximately. During this period, the Irish people searched for a past culture and tradition which they believed, would show the way ahead to the new expected state.
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Yeats Tower – Thoor Ballylee, Galway
The Hiberno-Norman tower, Thoor Ballylee, is located quite close to Coole Park in County Galway. The tower is a fine and well-preserved fourteenth-century tower. Its major significance is its close association with Irish Nobel laureate for Literature, the poet WB Yeats. It was here the poet spent summers with his family. He was inspired to…
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