Nollaig na mBan celebration for Limerick this weekend
LIMERICK IFA is holding its traditional Nollaig na mBan celebration lunch in the new year but you don’t have to be a woman or even an IFA member to attend.
Limerick IFA’s farm family committee, chaired by Peggy Cooke, is hosting the event from noon on Saturday, January 6 in the Woodlands House Hotel in Adare.
The twelfth and final day of Christmas, January 6, was known in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas.
As a reward for their hard work over the Christmas season, it was a day off from all house work for women and traditional roles were supposed to be reversed in the home: men did the women’s work in the house while women rested and gathered together informally.
According to RTÉ Brainstorm, the custom was that women made social calls to the homes of their friends and neighbours and enjoyed tea and the last of the Christmas cake.
All are welcome to attend on January 6 for the lunch which commences with a mulled wine reception. Contact Peggy Cooke on 087 7768529 or Mary Breen 087 6383060 for tickets.