Festival Customs

Shrove Tuesday is the day before the people begin to make their Easter duty. It is also called Mairgead Mór because on that day all the people go to town and buy fish and jam and things for the fast days.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. During the seven weeks of Lent it is all fasting and prayer. On Ash Wednesday the people all go to the church and get holy ashes on their foreheads in the sign of a cross.
The last week of Lent is a week for great prayer and devotion because it is the week of Our Lord's crucifixion. Easter is a time of rejoicing for His Resurrection from the dead.
May day is the first day of the month of our Blessed mother Mary. It is a month that is kept with great devotion in honour of the Blessed Virgin. During that month some people honour the Blessed Virgin by putting a crown of flowers at her feet. On that account we firmly believe that she will grant us any requests we ask of her.
St Peter and Paul's day is on 29th June. It is a holiday of Obligation because on that day St Peter and Paul died.