#nollaig na mban

[wastedwinter]

Mincéiri women and children and their decorated caravan on route to Cahirmee Horse Fair Elinor Wiltshire, Buttevant, Co. Cork, July 1954

#nli #ireland #irish #vintage photography #travellers #Mincéirí #Mincéirs #Pavees #irish travellers #an lucht siúil #the walking people #gypsy #caravan #nollaig na mban #elinorwiltshire #elinor wiltshire #irish photography #irish photographer #photography #Black and White #peoplephotography #history #irish history

[mildred-meadowlark]

Happy Nollaig na mBan!

Perhaps one of my favourite Irish traditions is Little Christmas, otherwise known as Women's Christmas, or Nollaig na mBan, which takes place on 6th January every year.

It traditionally heralds the end of Christmas and is a day to celebrate the ladies. Ireland was, up till recently, a pretty heavily patriarchal society and the women's place and her work was considered to be in the home. This day was a day where, instead of focusing on the home and children, women got to go out visiting their friends or going out to a show or having afternoon tea. The men were expected to take care of the housework on this day, if none other.

Nowadays, in modern Ireland, it is still celebrated, and women take it as an opportunity to go for a spa day with their mam or a nice meal and a few drinks with friends. It's a chance to show the women in your life that you appreciate them, and all the tiny, thankless, unseen things they do.

#nollaig na mban #irish stuff #ireland #little christmas #irish tradition #women's christmas #women

[roibot]

Nollaig na mBan is an objectively hilarious name for a holiday like 

They Should Invent a Christmas That Is For Girls

#nollaig na mban

[syncretic-scathach]

Happy Nollaig na mBan!

#little christmas #nollaig na mban

[sleepy-pangolin]

"On this day in some parts of the country, mothers rubbed the tail of a herring across the eyes of their children to give immunity against disease for the rest of the year." I love reading about old traditions, but I'm glad that's one that's disappeared!

#nollaig na mban #little christmas #women's Christmas

[streetsofdublin]

A SCULPTURE BY EAMONN CEANNT

Eamonn Ceannt (b.1953, Dublin) is a graduate and former Vice President of UCD. His work is notable for its tactile qualities and sinuous forms.

BLACK TULIP ON THE UCD CAMPUS 6 JANUARY 2024 I photographed this on Little Christmas (6 January 2024). Eamonn Ceannt (b.1953, Dublin) is a graduate and former Vice President of UCD. His work is notable for its tactile qualities and sinuous forms. Ceannt has travelled extensively over the years including north Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent and lived for a number of years in…

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#6 Jenuary 2024 #Black Tulip #bronze #Eamonn Ceannt #former Vice President of UCD #little christmas #Nollaig na mBan #Sculpture #series of sculptures based on plant studies #UCD #university campus #Women&039;s Christmas

[poem-today]

A poem by Moya Roddy

Nollaig na mBan

Wise Men came bearing gifts, guided by a star so bright it lit up the Heavens; big as the star that blazed in our hallway announcing – Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat – I longed for a goose but we always got a turkey – a twenty pounder from out the country; my father carrying it aloft, hunter-gatherer for a day.

The bird hung in the scullery, pale, featherless, until my mother set about cleaning it, spreading newspaper on the table, humming while she worked. Sometimes she'd pause: treat us to Adeste Fideles, The First Noel – the house falling quiet as our ordinary mammy – hands sticky with innards – sang like a star.

Women out West reared turkeys, used the cash to buy a few hours freedom on Nollaig na mBan. Where we lived it was the Feast of the Epiphany: the day decorations came down. Once the Magi had visited, every wisp of tinsel, coloured bauble, each magic fairy light vanished – home returning to a drab normality, parents to mere mortals.

My mother never sang on Nollaig na mBan – stayed mum – the star was the last thing she took down, folded to size, put away.

Moya Roddy

Image: Out of the Ordinary by Moya Roddy, with her own painting on the cover, is published by Salmon Poetry.

Note: In celebration of the feast of the Epiphany in Ireland, January 6th is marked by Nollaig na mBan or Women's Little Christmas. On this day it is the tradition in Ireland for the women to get together and enjoy their own Christmas, while the men folk stay at home and handle all the chores.

Published in the Irish Times, Sat Jan 6 2018

© Moya Roddy

#moya roddy #irish poetry #nollaig na mban #feast of the epiphany #january 6

[stairnaheireann]

Nollaig na mBan Shona Daoibh!

On this day it is the tradition in Ireland for the women to get together and enjoy their own Christmas, while the men folk stay at home and handle all the chores. It is also common for children to help their mothers and grandmothers with household chores and extra help.   The Nollaig na mBan tradition has regenerated tremendously in many parts of Ireland and on the west coast, the tradition is…

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#&039;Oíche Nollaig na mBan&039; #Epiphany #Little Christmas #Nollaig na mBan Shona Daoibh #Poem #Poetry #Seán Ó Ríordáin #Theo Dorgan #Women’s Christmas

[muirneach]

shona nollaig na mban

#shoutout to nollaig na mban gotta be one of my fav holidays #i already <3 epiphany i wish it was common in north america </3 but this is fun too #usually i make my mom dinner but im at my dads house so whatever #irish

[capseycartwright]

in the spirit of sharing a wee bit of ireland with you all: happy nollaig na mban! it’s celebrated today and traditionally is a day to repay women for all the hard work women do over the christmas season - and nowadays is just a nice excuse to get your gals together and celebrate being a woman! so - happy nollaig na mban to all the lovely women in my phone ✨

#in which i ramble #i hope if you’re a woman you had a very nice day today

[eamonfitzpatrick]

Today is Nollaig na mBan, or Women's Christmas, a tradition in Ireland that celebrates the contribution and accomplishments of women in our society.

[theirishjewelrycompany]

Woman's Christmas: A Celebrated Irish Tradition on the Feast of the Epiphany

In Ireland, a unique and cherished tradition known as “Women’s Christmas” (Nollaig na mBan in Irish) is observed on January 6th, coinciding with the Feast of the Epiphany. This tradition, deeply rooted in Irish culture, offers a distinct way of celebrating the conclusion of the Christmas season. Origins and History of Women’s Christmas Women’s Christmas originated in a time when Irish society…

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[fleetshotter-minstrel]

As well as being called The Epiphany, or ‘Little Christmas’, in Ireland 6th January is often referred to as ‘Women’s Christmas’ (Nollaig na mBan in Irish Gaelic) - there is something of a tradition here that women ‘down tools’ today and head out together for ample nice food and drink!. Well Enjoy!

Source of image: ‘Peig’s Cottage’ on Facebook.

#january 6th #ireland

[syncretic-scathach]

Happy Nollaig na mBan!

Happy Little Christmas everyone! I'll be scarce for the next few days while my family celebrates the end of the holiday season together at my aunt's, but I'll be back to the usual nonsense after a respectable amount of weekend revelry.

Whether today means a party with great food, exchanging small gifts, or is simply another weekend, I wish everyone nothing but the best as we go into 2023.

#little christmas #nollaig na mban

[primordialsoundmeditation]

💫”Nollaig na mBan”

Tis upon the 6th day of January that the Women in Ireland get together and celebrate Women's Little Christmas.

“Oh let them dance

Let them sing

And celebrate

They surely shall”

And as for the men, well they be left at home to settle the daily chores.

Little thoughts Written by Athey Thompson

Picture unknown.

Tales of the old Forest Faeries

[streetsofdublin]

RENDEZVOUS BY BOB QUINN

PHOTOGRAPHED LITTLE CHRISTMAS 2024 This sculpture is Rendezvous and it is by Bob Quinn. Quinn (b.1948, Britain) had a successful career as a graphic designer. Since 2002 he is a full time figurative sculptor working mainly in bronze. As it was Women’s Christmas I decided to visit my mother who will be 104 in May. This date two years ago she decided to move to a Nursing Home and that caught…

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#2024 #bob quinn #Fotonique #Infomatique #last day of christmas #Nollaig na mBan #Rendezvous #Sculpture #Sony #the Epiphany #university campus #William Murphy #Women&039;s Christmas #Women&039;s Little Christmas