Hundreds stopped to receive ashes during Bishop Cullinan’s six-hour mission — a sign that despite cultural shifts, the Catholic faith still stirs hearts in Ireland.

The best account we have is the Life of St. Patrick by a scholar named Muirchú. This hagiography–or biography of a saint–was ...

While Catholic weddings in Ireland have dropped over the past three decades, New Age marriages are rapidly gaining in ...

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

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

Day 80th anniversary this page focused briefly on Lisburn-born sculptor David Williams-Ellis’s commemorative memorial at ...

While St. Patrick’s Day festivities have strayed from their saintly origins, and are now marked by green-dyed food, parades and leprechauns, the holiday remains tied to St. Patrick and the first feast ...

A new property on the market off the Shankill Road in Belfast has sparked significant interest - and the only limit on what ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color ...