... weave into cloth has developed over many centuries. The Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers write: "The earliest ... in the excavations of Viking and Medieval Dublin." It was not easy work with wool having to be cleaned when sheared from the ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 1 2020 - 8:34pm
... name. Ag "Siúlóid insan Aer" is St Columba's College Irish language version sung by Tania Stokes, accompanied on the piano by Ms ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Dec 31 2021 - 5:00pm
Brittany received its modern name when it was settled in approximately 500 AD by Britons. Breton history is one of ... more closely linked to Welsh and Cornish rather than Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic. Introduction to Breton history ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 21 2017 - 1:50pm
... overlooks the harbour in Strangford, County Down, Ireland (Irish: Baile Loch Cuan, Contae an Dúin, Éire). It is located across Strangford Lough from Portaferry Castle. Rising to ten ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2021 - 5:32pm
... the last twenty years, and this linguistic descendant of old Irish now lays claim to its own drama groups, second language seminars, and ... spelling, and pronunciation of Manx Gaelic, rendering it accessible to readers of all levels of competence, while an accompanying ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 28 2013 - 7:30pm
... Suain or Loch Suibhne, Cnapadal, Earra-Ghàidheal, Alba). It is to the south of the village of Achnamara on Argyll's west coast. It is ... were named after him. Suibhne was a chieftain of Irish descent and an ancestor of the MacSweens. Although first built in the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 19 2021 - 2:10pm
... held the castle between 1404 and 1409. In the Civil War it was the last castle to fall to Parliamentary forces. It is situated on a rocky outlet overlooking the Irish Sea and set within spectacular scenery. The thick inner walls have towers ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 6 2021 - 8:36pm
Swords Castle is located in Swords (Irish: Sord or Sord Cholmcille) and is open to the public. This is the county ... about 1200AD and has a perimeter wall of about 260 metres. It was once the fortified residence of the Archbishop of Dublin. As stated in ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 11 2021 - 1:05pm
Carrowmore (Irish: An Cheathrú Mhór) is a large group of megalithic monuments on the ... tombs out of sixty identified by archaeologists. This makes it the largest megalithic tomb cemetery in Ireland. There is some controversy about the age of the site but it is thought to date back to five and half and six and a half thousand years. ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 4 2021 - 8:25pm
Blarney Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Blarnan) is the historic seat of the the Muskerry ... The stone was thought to have magical powers and legend has it that it was brought to Ireland in ancient times by the Tuatha Dé Danann . They ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 8 2016 - 9:43pm