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We re delighted to present an extract from
Irish Customs and Rituals: How Our Ancestors Celebrated Life and the Seasons by Marion McGarry, published by Orpen Press, 2020.
Irish Customs and Rituals is an exploration of common calendar customs in Irish tradition, focusing on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: spring: Imbolc; summer: Bealtaine; autumn: Lughnasa; and winter: Samhain. It also looks at beliefs and traditions surrounding major life events such as births, marriages and deaths, and general beliefs surrounding cures and the supernatural.
1st February:
St Brigid s Day
Saint Brigid’s Day or Lá Fhéile Bríde on 1st February occurs at the time of Imbolc or Imbolg, an ancient festival marking the beginning of spring. Imbolc is generally thought to mean in the belly’; it is a time of pregnancy for sheep, marking the beginning of the lambing season. In Ireland, a
An Post has been working hard to prepare for Brexit from January 1
st when changes will affect customers sending parcels to, and receiving items from, Great Britain. Any charges on incoming items will have to be paid by the receiving customer in advance of delivery.
Cyril McGrane, Director of International Trade, An Post said: “In addition to making preparations for Brexit, An Post has also been preparing for the single biggest change to the customs regime in the history of the State: the implementation of Customs 2020, the EU programme to enable national customs administrations to create and exchange information electronically. Our priority is to make the changes as easy as possible for customers.”
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Hauliers warned the extra paperwork was leading to shortages of some goods and risked leaving gaps on supermarket shelves. They said they were being “overwhelmed” by red tape with scores of lorries being turned away from ports because they had failed to fill in the correct forms. Dublin blamed the damaging hold-ups on British firms which had failed to prepare for the extra requirements despite several advance warnings.
Updated / Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020
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An Post says the more than 16 million parcels that it gets from Britain every year will join this stream of incoming parcels being presented to Customs from January 1
An Post has said today that Brexit will have no impact on letters sent to and from Great Britain.
It also said that Brexit will have no impact on letters and parcels to and from Northern Ireland.
But parcels to Great Britain will require customs forms, the same as all non-EU countries, An Post said.
From January 1, charges such as VAT will apply to GB goods and electronic customs data will be required for each item in advance of shipping/posting.