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

Eachtraíochta, dànachd, and more antur!

Manx Minds • One woman has taken the mental health battle into her own hands

DE THA DOL

CELTS IN THE COMMUNITY

Jiminy Eco Toys • One woman is giving children and adults alike the chance to experience the joy of games, crafts and more while keeping the environment in mind.

Seamus Kelleher • Seamus Kelleher sends a message of hope

Out To Lunch • Belfast’s premier winter musical festival showcases the best in both established and emerging artists

Andrea Wozny • One bagpiper is breaking down barriers

Triskele Hearth • Past spiritual practices enrich the present

Intrigue, Murder, Conspiracy and Embedded Nazi Spies

Daisie Conway • Music is a constant companion for Daisie Conway

Brandon McPhee • For one Scottish musician there is no “plan B”

Cady Finlayson • One fiddler makes the melody shine

Lori McCarthy • Celebrating the cuisine and culture of The Rock

Janiva Magness • American blues singer Janiva Magness lives to tell.

Janiva Magness Discography

Riverdance Turns 25 • Ireland’s celebrated cultural spectacular returns from hiatus with a new cast and show.

Celtic Comics • As Celtic Life International’s Chris Muise explains, comic books are helping to preserve and promote Celtic culture

Auchterarder House • Tom Langlands explores a Scottish architectural gem

The View from Dunrobin Castle • Residents in North Sutherland, Scotland, are hoping to return small-scale settlement to land cleared during the Highland Clearances of 1814-18. Working through three entities - the North Sutherland Community Forest Trust; Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra Community Council, and Strathnaver Museum - they are seeking a community buyout of an area managed by Forestry and Land Scotland. Canadian author Ken McGoogan wrote about that clearance in his book Flight of the Highlanders: The Making of Canada. Here is an excerpt.

The Art of the Scarf

The Eco-Celtic Traveler • With the world on the verge of emerging from lockdown, the Celtic tourism sector is searching for greater sustainability. Chris Muise tells us more.

The Nicest Place in the World • As Celtic Life International correspondent Tara O’Grady explains, Ireland continues to be a source of inspiration…

The Long Way Up • In the second installment of a four-part series, Lesley Choyce explores Newfoundland and Labrador’s Gros Morne Mountain

THE CELTIC CHEF

The Case for Clynelish

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Anne Rice; 1941-2021