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A bachelorette party (United States and Canada) or hen night (UK, Ireland and Australia) is a party held for a woman (the bride or bride-to-be) who will soon be married. While Beth Montemurro concludes that the bachelorette party is modelled after the centuries-old stag night in the US, [1] which is itself historically a dinner given by the ...
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A bachelor party (in the United States and in Canada), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia), [ 1 ] is a party held for or arranged by a man who is shortly to enter marriage. The party is usually planned by the groom's friends or family.
On June 21 Hungarians celebrate "Saint Ivan's Night" (Szentiván-éj) (derived from the Slavic form of John, translated as Jovános, Ivános, Iván in Hungarian). The whole month of June was once called Month of St. Ivan until the 19th century. Setting fires is a folklore tradition this night. Girls jumped over it, while boys watched the spectacle.
State. Location of Castlekirk in Ireland. National monument of Ireland. Official name. Castlekirk Castle. Reference no. 245 [1] Castlekirk, also called Hen's Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in Lough Corrib, Ireland. [2][3][4]
In Northern Ireland, the term "Bonfire Night" can refer to the Eleventh Night celebrations of 11 July. Like 5 November, this Bonfire Night also has its roots in the sectarian struggle between Protestants and Catholics. Unlike 5 November the sectarian significance of 11 July is still strong. It celebrates the Battle of the Boyne of 1690, in ...
Puck Fair c.1900. The Puck Fair (Irish: Aonach an Phoic, meaning "Fair of the He-Goat", 'poc' being the Irish for a male goat) [1] is one of Ireland 's oldest fairs. It takes place annually from 10–12 August in Killorglin, County Kerry. [2]
Platinum Stakes. The Platinum Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Cork over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.