Ali Dunworth explores the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland in her new book "A Compendium of Irish Pints". In this extract, she explores the complex relationship between the ...

From RTÉ Radio 1's Drivetime, John Cooke reports on the funeral of Fr. Joe Haugh. Smoking clay pipes. Another lost tradition is the custom of smoking from clay pipes, which were filled with ...

And the tradition extends to the Irish diaspora. In Boston, Father William Kennedy, pastor of St. Monica and St. Peter Lithuanian parishes, who has not seen any instances of a wake in a family ...

The American Irish Historical Society is proud to host “Irish Grief: Traditions, Myths, and Mourning Practices” on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:10 PM at its historic Fifth ...

Irish people have always loved a good funeral. There is the genuine desire to pay last respects to a deceased friend, neighbour or relative and show solida... Monday, 14 April 2025.

A last-ditch attempt to save the traditional Irish wake and funeral has been mounted by Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley, who is exploring ways to delay the implementation of a Brussels directive ...

The funeral Mass really isn’t just for the person who has died. It’s very often for the people who are alive. It’s often about their wishes and needs rather than the wish of the person who ...

Irish News. An Garda Siochana. News. Irish undertaker calls for return of old funeral tradition to help comfort families during Covid ...

In any case, there was enough overlap between the two musical traditions that Scottish-style pipes, which are louder and better suited to outdoor events, began to appear at American Irish funerals ...

Irish Language ... mourners to puase funeral traditions to stop Covid-19 spread . Expand. Creeslough priest, Fr John Joe Duffy said people must stop gathering at churches and graveyards during ...