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1. Easter Customs and Traditions - Wishing You a Happy Easter!

   ... Alastair Kneale's blog Easter is a Christian festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the ... adapted this custom to symbolise the rolling away of the stone in front of Christ's tomb. The Celts also have the tradition, shared with ...

   Alastair Kneale - Apr 3 2021 - 2:03pm

2. Scotland - Rare Pictish 5th or 6th Century stone excavated near Angus

   ... Douglas MacQueen's blog A rare Pictish carved stone, originally discovered by archaeologists in early 2020, has now been excavated. Thought to date to the 5th or 6th Centuries ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Mar 12 2022 - 3:59pm

3. Derrynane Beg Ogham Stone - Cloch Oghaim Dhoire Fhíonáin Beag and Derrynane House

   ... near the village Derrynane Beg, Caherdaniel, County Kerry, Ireland ((Irish: Cathair Dónall, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). The stone is made ... and thought to have been erected some time in thelate 5th to early 6th century AD. The ogham inscription is very worn and reads ANM ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 14 2021 - 2:34am

4. The Druids - The Intelligentsia of the Celtic World

   ... enemies of the Celts, starting with the ancient Greeks. The early Greek descriptions of the Druids should be considered in the context that ... last stronghold of pre Roman Celtic culture was primarily Ireland.  Christian missionaries commencing with Patrick, began a slow steady ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Oct 28 2017 - 6:57pm - 0 comments

5. The Hurlers Stone Circles

   ... slope of Minions Moor is the location of the three stone circles known as the Hurlers (Cornish: An Hurlysi). The centres of the ... on the horizon and the summit of Stowe's Hill. Dating to the early Bronze Age, the Hurlers lie in a landscape of stone circles, stone rows, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 23 2014 - 1:42pm

6. Celtic Harvest Festival of Lughnasa

   ... on the link between the four feast days of pre-Christian Ireland and the ancient continental Celts. " Such clear links between the ... added to the extensive texts and critical prestige of early Irish tradition, has meant that commentators prefer the classical Irish ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jan 12 2019 - 6:31pm - 0 comments

7. Clochafarmore Standing Stone - Cloch an Fhir Mhóir

   ... Dealgan)  on the left bank of the River Fane, County Louth, Ireland (Irish: Abhainn Átha Féan,  Contae Lú, Éire). This National ... son of Lugh, a god in Irish mythology and member of the pre-Christian Gaelic pantheon the Tuatha Dé Danann. In the Ulster Cycle, Lugh ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 25 2021 - 11:05am

8. Ballynoe Stone Circle

   ... (4 km) south of Downpatrick, County Down, in the north of Ireland (Irish: Dún Pádraig, Contae an Dúin, Tuaisceart Éireann). It is ... around the Neolithic period starting around 4000 BC to the early Bronze Age about 2500 BC. The stone circle surrounds a mound which when ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 25 2021 - 2:01pm

9. Evidence of Stone Age inhabitants discovered in the Scottish Cairngorms

   ... Society , has reported on the discovery of traces of the stone age inhabitants of the Cairngorms. A team consisting of students from the ... confirming people were living in the Cairngorms from as early as 7500 BC. Among the organisations supporting the new research was the ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Apr 12 2021 - 10:48pm

10. New discovery of 1,200 year old Pictish standing stone found in Highlands of Scotland

    ... Douglas MacQueen's blog A Pictish standing stone with unique carvings has been discovered in an old burial ground near ... in the Highlands of Scotland. The 1,200-year-old standing stone has carvings never before seen on a Pictish stone. The discovery of the ...

    Douglas MacQueen - Oct 18 2019 - 12:26pm

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