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Beltane or
Bealtaine (/ˈbɛl.teɪn/;
Irish pronunciation: [ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə],
approximately /ˈb(j)ɒltɪnə/ B(Y)OL-tin-ə) is the
Gaelic May Day festival, marking...
- "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...
- then Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán)
Summer ("Samhradh") - May, June, July (
Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil)
Autumn ("Fómhar" Harvest) - August, September, October...
- 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...
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parts of Ireland,
Bonfire Nights are held on
Saint John's Eve (23 June),
Bealtaine eve (30 April) and
Halloween (31 October). Due to the
Thanksgiving Act...
- Jig Sean-nós Set
dancing Stepdance Festivals Imbolc Saint Patrick's Day
Bealtaine The
Twelfth Lúnasa Rose of
Tralee Samhain /
Halloween Wren Day Languages...
- the Ages (Salamanca, Sevilla, Madrid). She was
invited poet to Féile na
Bealtaine,
International Poetry Festival, Dingle, Ireland, 2007. .
Together with...
- on such days as Christmas,
Halloween (Oíche Shamhna, eve of Samhain),
Bealtaine, held on the
first day of May, or St. Patrick's Day.
Irish folklore is...
- origins.
Imbolc is one of four
Gaelic seasonal festivals,
along with
Bealtaine (1 May),
Lughnasa (1 August), and
Samhain (1 November). The
customs of...
