St. Brigid has given Ireland one of its most iconic religious and cultural images — the cross that carries her name.

The most well-known tale about St. Patrick is when he explains the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit using a shamrock with three leaves. As the saying goes, everyone's a little Irish on ...

Shamrocks - clover-like plants with three leaves - were, according to legend, used by St Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. Leprechauns, a mythical type of fairy in Irish ...