Irish News, Politics, Culture
When you find yourself in agreement with Danny Healy-Rae, the maverick independent TD from Kerry, you know that your dayContinue Reading
When I was growing up my mother regaled me with many stories of her own childhood in West Cork, andContinue Reading
Following on from my post highlighting the formerly fractious debates in the cloistered world of prehistoric and Medieval Irish and Celtic studies,Continue Reading
I regularly scan the internet for new books or articles examining Medieval Irish literature, particularly those discussing the possible religious beliefs of the pre-ChristianContinue Reading
Ireland’s indigenous literature has long regarded the ninth wave, reputedly the outermost one surrounding the shoreline of the country, as a supernatural boundary. When the invadingContinue Reading
The Leabhar Gabhála Éireann or “Book of the Taking of Ireland” is a Medieval collection of poems and prose narratives purporting toContinue Reading
Remarkable the things one can find in nature when one is out an’ about. However, can anyone else see it?Continue Reading
Here’s an article from Vice magazine on the Ásatrúarfélagið movement in Iceland that I meant to highlight a few weeksContinue Reading
Militant atheist and secularist though I am I still respect religious beliefs as a vital component to the cultural heritageContinue Reading
One of the more mysterious mentions of the legendary hunter-warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill in the indigenous literatures of Ireland, ScotlandContinue Reading
The J.R.R. Tolkien fansite, TheOneRing.net, carries some news on the release of An Hobad, the Irish language version of Tolkien’sContinue Reading
