Celtic Life International

Celtic Life International is home to an extensive collection of feature stories, interviews, history, heritage, news, views, reviews, recipes, events, trivia, humour and tidbits from across all Seven Celtic Nations and beyond.

Celtic Life International

Lerchenauer Field, Munich - A Celtic Discovery

A Game of Ages: History and the Highland Games

De Tha Dol

Celts in the Community

Peaky Hat • One American business owner is a man of many hats

The Scots-Irish: A Musical Journey

Celtic World Forum • The gathering’s sophomore event seeks to inform, inspire, and entertain…

Beating the Heat • A former military and commercial pilot, Robert Scott is spending his retirement helping to face down Canadian wildfires

Accessing Our Ancestors • Honour your ancestors, for you are the result of a thousand loves - Irish proverb

Sports, Self-Improvement, and Soul

Rose Sutherland • Reimagining a classic Celtic tale

Paddington Goes Gaelic • A beloved storybook character gets a makeover

Simon McBride • Northern Ireland’s noted six-stringer stands on the shoulders of giants

Bonhomme Setter

Kate O’Callaghan

Lewis Deeney • Scottish visual artist Lewis Deeney’s work is instantly recognizable; interlocking geometric forms bring a paradoxical harmony to the gestural abstraction of the painted surface. The result is a compelling interplay of chaos and order, creating transcendent paintings with an iridescent glow as colours glimmer upon the textured surface. Recently we spoke with him from his hometown of Dumbarton, near Glasgow.

Celtic Tattoos - Art, Ancestry, and Self-Identity

The Celtic Tarot • As Lillian Holt explains, the future is in the cards

Celtic Book Towns • Bookshops are an essential component of Celtic culture, and book towns have become an equally vital and vibrant fixture.

The Inspiration Orchestra • A small Scottish musical ensemble is making a big splash.

Memories of Mackenzie

Is Merlin buried in Brittany? • Celtic Life International correspondent Steve Melia digs through the past

the Mumbles Mile and Beyond

Adrian Jenkins

The Renaissance of Renaissance Faires • This summer, hundreds of thousands of costume-clad Celts will gather to rebirth the past in the present. Chris Muise goes behind the scenes to tell us more.

Off the Beaten Path • Many Highland Games, Celtic Festivals, and Renaissance Faires are already well-known, due in large part to both their visibility and accessibility. However, as Lillian Holt tells us, there are some unique annual gatherings that deserve a look.

Hidden History of the Highland Games

Festival Focus

Sarah Sigwulf Hunter

the celtic collection • Hittin’ the Highland Games!

Ottavio Gusmini • For one Italian piper, it’s amore

Mary Francis Leahy • One young Canadian steps out of the shadows of Celtic tradition

Kristy Van Hoven • Tending the torch of tradition

Hot Smoked Salmon & Crab Fishcakes (with Broccoli Slaw)

Fabulous Fettercairn

The Highland Games