Rarely can the start of the football summer holidays have been so bittersweet for those of a Celtic persuasion. No sooner had the sound of champagne corks popping on their treble celebrations died ...

The triple spiral is a common Celtic symbol and the joining of the three spirals into one center may represent an invocation on a three-fold force. IrishCentral History.

The papal vestment has a triple Celtic spiral that is associated with Irish ancient manuscripts while some 70 bishops, who will be involved in the papal mass, will wear similar vestments.