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Bealtaine (anglicised as 'Beltane') (/ˈbɛl.teɪn/;
Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠəʲnə],
approximately /ˈb(j)ɒltɪnə/ B(Y)OL-tin-ə) is the
Gaelic May Day...
- "Beacons at
Bealtaine" is a poem by
Irish poet
Seamus Heaney which was
composed for the EU
Enlargement on May 1, 2004. "
Bealtaine" is a
Gaelic holiday...
- solstice. It is one of the four
Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc,
Bealtaine, and Lughnasa.
Historically it was
widely observed throughout Ireland...
- and
generally predate the
arrival of Christianity. The
words for May (
Bealtaine),
August (Lúnasa) and
November (Samhain), are the
names of
Gaelic religious...
- workday. In Ireland, May Day has long been
celebrated as the
festival of
Bealtaine. It
marks the
beginning of
summer and
historically was when
cattle were...
- and a
place of ****embly ****ociated with the
druids and the
festival of
Bealtaine. The
summit is 182
metres (597 ft)
above sea
level and lies
north of the...
- ****e bag ****ed beef
Festivals Imbolc/St Brigid's Day St Patrick's Day
Bealtaine The
Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of
Tralee Samhain Wren Day
Religion Art Literature...
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equinox and is one of the four
Gaelic seasonal festivals,
along with
Bealtaine,
Lughnasadh and Samhain.
Imbolc is
mentioned in
early Irish literature...
- and the
place name is ****ociated in
Irish mythology with the
feast of
Bealtaine.
Baltimore was a seat of one of Ireland's most
ancient dynasties, the...
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correspondingly become easier to encounter. Some
festivals such as Samhain,
Bealtaine and
Midsummer are also ****ociated with the aos sí. A sídh (anglicized...
