Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa (/ˈluːnəsə/ LOO-nə-sə, Irish: [ˈl̪ˠuːnˠəsˠə]) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically...
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Wheel of the Year (section Lughnasadh (Lammas))
The four Celtic festivals were known to the Gaels as Beltane (1 May), Lughnasadh (1 August), Samhain (1 November), and Imbolc (1 February). Influential...
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of the Year. It is also the same date as the Gaelic harvest festival Lughnasadh. The name 'Lammas' comes from Old English hlafmæsse meaning "loaf mass"...
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by the UK Act of Parliament, the Bank Holidays Act 1871. Bank holiday Lughnasadh "Organisation of Work Time Act, 1997 – Second Scheduled (Public Holidays)"...
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therefore with rightful kingship. Lugh is linked with the harvest festival of Lughnasadh, which bears his name. His most common epithets are Lámfada (Modern Irish:...
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became an important place of ritual and pilgrimage during the Festival of Lughnasadh - similar to Croagh Patrick. The alternate names associated with Crom...
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Look up Lúnasa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lúnasa or Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Lúnasa may also...
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the celebrations of Lughnasadh, and were revived as the Teltown Games for a period in the twentieth century. A similar Lughnasadh festival was held at...
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Lúnasa is a traditional Irish music group, named after Lughnasadh, an ancient harvest festival. They tour and perform internationally, and have recorded...
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Imbolc is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with: Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Imbolc is mentioned in early Irish literature, and some evidence...
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"Fraughan Sunday". Bilberries were also collected at the Celtic festival of Lughnasadh in August, the first traditional harvest festival of the year. The crop...
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mountain as part of a yearly pilgrimage, which may have originally been a Lughnasadh (harvest) ritual. Royal Engineers camped on the summit for four months...
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the four main Gaelic seasonal festivals—along with Samhain, Imbolc, and Lughnasadh—and is similar to the Welsh Calan Mai. Beltane is mentioned in the earliest...
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power far and wide (cf. "the long arm of the law"). His festival, called Lughnasadh ("Festival of Lugh") in Ireland, was commemorated on 1 August. His name...
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Celtic quarter days were observed: Imbolc (February 1) Beltaine (May 1) Lughnasadh (August 1) Samhain (November 1) These are now called cross-quarter days...
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Irish calendar, summer begins on 1 May (Beltane) and ends on 31 July (Lughnasadh).[citation needed] Days continue to lengthen from equinox to solstice...
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bannock for spring (February 1), Bealtaine bannock for summer (May 1), Lughnasadh or Lammas bannock for autumn harvests (August 1), and Samhain bannock...
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wisdom Festivals Samhain Calan Gaeaf Imbolc Gŵyl Fair Beltane Calan Mai Lughnasadh Calan Awst Folklore Irish Welsh Scottish Category Mythology portal v t...
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only) Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopaganism, Northern Hemisphere only) Lughnasadh (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopaganism, Northern Hemisphere only) Minden...
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Christianity and was originally a ritual associated with the festival of Lughnasadh. Today, most pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick from the direction of Murrisk...
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of summer Litha (Norse): 21–22 June, summer solstice, Celtic midsummer Lughnasadh/Lammas (Celtic): 1–2 August, Celtic first day of autumn Mabon (Norse):...
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fantasy literature present. The festival is based on the Celtic feast of Lughnasadh and Saturday night is the Pagan Night (most notable for the wicker burning...
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during the last fortnight of July and culminated with the celebration of Lughnasadh, or Lammas Eve (1 August). Modern folklore claims that the Tailteann Games...
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observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally...
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associated with a Celtic head cult, and may have become used during the Lughnasadh harvest festivals. The head was found c. 1855 in the townland of Drumeague...
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they were the site of ancient religious practice or gathering such as Lughnasadh. Excavations carried out in the early 20th century, particularly those...
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wisdom Festivals Samhain Calan Gaeaf Imbolc Gŵyl Fair Beltane Calan Mai Lughnasadh Calan Awst Folklore Irish Welsh Scottish Category Mythology portal v t...
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wisdom Festivals Samhain Calan Gaeaf Imbolc Gŵyl Fair Beltane Calan Mai Lughnasadh Calan Awst Folklore Irish Welsh Scottish Category Mythology portal v t...
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stood." Her feast day is 1 August, the same day a pagan harvest festival (Lughnasadh or Lammas) was celebrated. Ford, David Nash. "EarlyBritishKingdoms.com:...
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Christianity and was originally a ritual associated with the festival of Lughnasadh. The earliest surviving mention of a pilgrimage at Croagh Patrick is from...
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