... blog Under the Druidical traditions of Celtic Ireland, Gaelic law was passed down orally and was first captured in writing ... Celtic Laws. " For thousands of years the people of Ireland lived by a native set of laws known as ‘Brehon Law’. This ancient ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 1 2017 - 6:37am - 0 comments
... in the hands of a Government that is failing to protect Ireland’s culture. There are bad governments and good governments. Ireland’s Fine Gael/Labour administration falls into the bad category, ... has echoed similar comments made by Seán Ó Cuirreáin, Ireland's First Language Commissioner who resigned in early 2014 in protest of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 4 2015 - 11:42am - 0 comments
... County Antrim (Irish: Contae Aontroma) in the northeast of Ireland (Irish: Éire). The area is made up of about 40,000 interlocked basalt ... number of different forms and many geographical features in Ireland and beyond are attributed to Fionn. One of the legends involving ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - May 23 2021 - 5:37pm
... in Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh) in the sout-east of Ireland. The stone castle, first constructed on the site in 1213, replaced an earlier wooden ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 20 2021 - 6:48pm
... Dolmen and Harristown Dolmen. It located in County Kilkenny, Ireland (Irish: Contae Chill Chainnigh, Éire). This dolmen has a large capstone resting on two large portal stones and a pillow stone resting on a backstone. The entrance faces northeast and points towards ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 21 2021 - 6:24pm
... that overlooks the harbour in Strangford, County Down, Ireland (Irish: Baile Loch Cuan, Contae an Dúin, Éire). It is located across ... to ten metres in height on the north, it is a three-storey stone tower house that is almost square inside with walls that are over one ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2021 - 5:32pm
... in the Burren (Irish: Boireann) area of County Clare, Ireland (Irish: Contae an Chláir, Éire). It is thought to have been ... is supported by two sidestones, with a backslab. There is a stone standing at about six feet towards the front. The site is north from ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 23 2021 - 2:09pm
... Gaelic: Tir Chonaill) was an independent Gaelic state in Ireland. Red Hugh and his father-in-law Hugh O’Neill fought the Nine Years’ ... Niall and his dynasty of Irish chieftains. They held sway in Ireland for several centuries. The resistance against English ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 1 2020 - 10:11pm
... that part of the 1918 general election which took place in Ireland. In 1918 the whole of Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 13 2018 - 12:29pm
... man walked along the seashore at Cluais Mhór, in west Kerry Ireland in 2016, he found an object glistening amongst the stones. It turned ... old gold brooch, with a small semi-precious blue tourmaline stone, a dagger-like pin and inscribed with Gothic lettering. He subsequently ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 3 2018 - 12:26pm