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On the high ground overlooking the river Boyne is a complex of some forty passage tombs which together make up one of the Irish Republic's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Triskele (from the Greek for three-legged) is an ancient pattern from Neolithic and Bronze-Age Celtic history with resonance in the modern world.

Ancient cultures, so many of them dependent upon agriculture, celebrated major festivals on or around the day of the Winter Solstice.

The shortest day and the longest night is a time for Wiccans and Pagans to celebrate the return of the light in the depth of midwinter.

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Modern Witchcraft has many associated signs and symbols. Develop an understanding of Wiccan symbolism.

Rough Guides brings out a new edition of its Dublin travel guide in their excellent pocket-sized Directions series of guidebooks. Or should that be pint-sized?

Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, generally thought to fall on the 21st December. But what are the origins of this magical day, and how is it celebrated?