Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried ...

Shrove Tuesday - now better known as Pancake Tuesday - is most significant in all cultures that observe the Lenten period. It ...

This year, 4 March is Shrove Tuesday - otherwise known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival marked all over ...

One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the fire to make the pancakes. As eating meat was to be banned for Lent, animals were slaughtered for a ...

The tasty tradition is popular not only in Ireland, but also in many other locations around the world, where it might be known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras. The word shrove comes from the Middle ...

Tommy Callaghan recounts this year's Pancake Tuesday and this month's County Board meeting that tackled a Kildare ...

Pancake Tuesday has arrived and households across Ireland are firing up the frying pans for one of the tastiest traditions of ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day is the traditional feast day before the Lent fast starts on Ash Wednesday. Today, March 4, households up and down the country will be tucking into pancakes ...

Shrove Tuesday was a popular day to marry as weddings ... Brazil and New Orleans. Here, Ireland’s top chefs' give their tips for making the perfect pancake. “It takes a bit of practice to ...

Pancake Day 2025 falls on March 4, marking the celebration of Shrove Tuesday.Discover the origins of Shrove Tuesday.