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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 00:00 |
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 Each year, in one of the most remote areas of Scotland, a family of stones are brought out of the house in the spring and returned to the house for the winter. The tradition stretches back thousands of years and the site is believed to be the only surviving shrine to the Celtic goddess Cailleach.
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Friday, 18 January 2008 07:34 |
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 Hundreds of thousands of people across the world were able to view the traditional Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange, Ireland live via the internet for the first time on 21st December 2007.
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Tuesday, 17 May 2005 20:00 |
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 'Saint James the Greater' is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the world's most popular saints. Saint James, or Sant Iago as he is known in the Galician language, is also the patron saint of Galicia.
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Tuesday, 01 March 2005 20:00 |
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 The Celtic legends of wicked cities emphasise how paganism and sin is drowned by the stronger power of the Christian gods, with water always being the purifying agent.
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Wednesday, 02 February 2005 20:00 |
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 Saint David, or Dewi Sant in Welsh, is the patron saint of Wales. He was the only Welsh saint to be canonised in the Christian Church.
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Sunday, 31 October 2004 20:00 |
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 Saint Andrew's day, November 30th, is Scotland's National Day, for Andrew is Scotland's patron saint and the St Andrew's Cross is Scotland's flag.
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Sunday, 01 August 2004 20:00 |
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 Saint Patrick is one of the world's most popular saints. He is best known as the patron saint of Ireland.
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Traditions
