It's hard to tell when the first solar eclipse in the world took place but the ancient Irish certainly helped, being among the first to document when it happened.
We have been endured a long, dark and cold winter but longer, brighter evenings are finally on the way as today - February 1 - marks the first day of spring, and is also known as Lá Fhéile Bhríde, Saint Brigid's Feast Day.
Hidden away on Europe’s Atlantic fringe, Ireland has long been thought to be a "fly in amber" -a backwater frozen in time. However, the island not just a