As the birthplace of St Brigid, Louth is the ideal place to visit to celebrate our matron saint and Celtic Goddess over the bank holiday weekend. According to tradition, St Brigid was born at sunrise ...

Celtic host Young Boys in an intriguing UEFA Champions League clash at their home turf Celtic Park. The Scottish champions have been in strong form, with six wins in their last nine games ...

the “chincana” – meaning labyrinth in the Quechua language – connect the city’s Temple of the Sun to the ancient Sacsayhuaman fortress. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay ...

The winger had been subject of interest from Celtic and Ajax and an £8.5m move looked on the cards this month, with Brendan Rodgers keen to strengthen in the wide positions. But it all came ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before ... An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that ...

A cracking game of football on a Saturday night, we couldn't ask for much more. Celtic's journey to retain their Scottish Cup crown continues into the last 16, while Kilmarnock exit with pride ...

For many Irish-Americans they find this through their local Ancient Order of Hibernians, otherwise known as the AOH, the largest and oldest Irish Catholic organization in America. Spread across ...

IN the icy and swampy pasts of the ancient British Isles ... dense forests that blanketed the UK thousands of years ago. The Irish Elk, or Megaloceros giganteus as it is formally known, likely ...

There are four changes to the Celtic line-up from the 3-3 draw against Dundee in midweek. Reo Hatate and Arne Engels come into the midfield with Daizen Maeda and Nico Kuhn also in from the start.

New genetic research is challenging long-held assumptions about ancient European societies ... structure in Iron Age Britain, showing that Celtic communities were, in fact, matrilocal.

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The markings had been made more than 1,000 years prior to the volcano's ...

SCIENTISTS have made a "once in a lifetime" discovery in Pompeii after unearthing a stunning ancient luxury spa with thermal baths and stunning mosaic designs. The lavish private bath complex has ...