President Higgins Becomes 1st Leader In Almost 1000 Years To Light Fire On The Hill of Uisneach

Last Saturday night President Michael D Higgins joined several thousand people from throughout Ireland and overseas on the Hill of Uisneach in Co. Westmeath where he lit the annual Bealtaine fire.   He follows in the footsteps of, among others, Daniel O’Connell, Padraig Pearse and President Eamon De Valera in making an historic visit to the hill. It is thought […]