The miraculous origin of the spring at Lourdes in France is well-documented, but in Ireland, there are about 3,000 holy wells ...

While traditional religious practices may be on the decline, pilgrimages — meditative, multi-day hikes — are experiencing a ...

St. Patrick may be Ireland’s most famous saint, but a new biography for young readers sheds light on another great Irish holy ...

The 17 of March is St Patrick’s Day. Who was St Patrick and why is he the patron saint of Ireland? This is the story ...

and this St. Patrick’s Day will see many Irish people visiting the ancient holy wells of Saint Patrick. The collective holy wells of Ireland were said to cure anything from a headache to mental ...

The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland but in America. "Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade ...

The ancient silk industry itself is bound up with ... casket – show how trade and religion connected parts of the UK and Ireland to the Middle East and Far East. Looking at the famous Sutton ...

son and holy spirit — using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock. "The shamrock was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the rebirth of spring," according t ...

Round towers were designed primarily as bell-towers and were attached to some of the most prestigious churches in Ireland ...

Here’s why "St. Paddy's" is spelled that way, the origin of wearing green and which historic Florida town held the first ...