r/IrishHistory • u/IrishHeritageNews • 3d ago

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

https://irishheritagenews.ie/irish-christmas-customs-traditions-and-beliefs/
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u/ChampionshipOk5046 3d ago

What Irish traditions predated Christianity?

They're the truly Irish traditions 

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u/Previous-Artist-9252 3d ago

There is no written record of Irish history prior to Christianity. Even the records of mythology and pre-Christian epics (like the Táin Bo Cúailnge) were written down by Christian monks.