where the Irish name Spideog Mhuire, Mary’s robin, is used for the bird. While Christmas Day carries hope and joy at the infant birth, Saint Stephen’s day awaits with a very different story of ...

The Irish Connection The pioneering work on ... are likely to find more than a pair of Robins together is on a Christmas card. Robin (photo by Clive Timmons / BirdWatch Ireland) The song has ...

A chara, – The robin has excellent credentials for inclusion in religiously-themed Christmas stamps. In Irish tradition, the robin (spideog) was beannaithe, that is, blessed or holy, and has a ...

The Irish have a close connection with the ... The other bird closely associated with Christmas is the robin, the doyen of the Christmas card. The association of this bird with Christmas seems ...

A hundred years ago, illustrations of the robin were often used to illustrate Christmas cards ... by women seated at trestle tables. The Irish version had sprigs of real shamrock placed on ...

However, if you are looking for some new inspiration to shake up your Christmas playlist, Irish artists have produced some fantastic festive songs over the years. From everyone’s favorite ...

Catch a glimpse into the rich holiday traditions of Ireland without leaving Colorado Springs this Friday as Stargazers Theatre hosts “Irish Christmas in America.” Produced by fiddler Oisín ...

The spirit of an Irish Christmas will come alive in New Jersey this December as “A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland” brings its “magical holiday show” to the state. The production ...

On a visit to one suburban Post Office, I found the walls garishly plastered with pictures of what Ms McHugh calls a festive robin by way of advertising for Christmas stamps. At no point of this ...