May Day Customs in Ireland

Learn more about May Day customs with Clodagh Doyle, Keeper of the Irish Folklife Division at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Castlebar, Turlough Park, Co Mayo.
Bealtaine, or May Day, falls on 1 May and was an important festival in Ireland. It marked the start of summer and was a welcoming festival of flowers, dancing and bonfires. Many May Day traditions centred on protecting the family, the home, the herd, the churn and the diary yield.
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