Latin in Ireland
Hiberno-Latin was a literary and monastic tradition in Ireland which saw its peak between the 500s and 1000s. It concerned[…]
Read moreIreland’s Odd Seasons
In Ireland, the practice amongst the general populace is to classify the seasons in the following way: This is different[…]
Read moreThe Wisdom of the Bog
Make no mistake, life is better for us now than it was for the bronze age people of long ago.[…]
Read moreIreland’s Cardinal Directions
Similar to the Indians and the Hebrews, Ireland originally expressed the cardinal directions with regard to the rising sun. That[…]
Read moreThe significance of Lugh and Bres in the Mythological Cycle
‘Why do you come like a friend to us?’ they said. ‘There is good cause for that,’ Lugh told them,[…]
Read moreClassifications: Voyages
According to the manuscripts, we know of 7 stories classified officially as Immrama. Of these, only 3 actually survive: False[…]
Read moreNuance in Medieval Irish Christianity
The assumption that we can intuit the past from the present is often wrong. Even factual summaries of the past[…]
Read moreClassifications: Cave Stories
Caves are another primary classification in Irish manuscripts. One near-unifying feature of a cave story is that the cave is[…]
Read moreClassifications of Irish Mythological Stories
Even though Cycles are how we primarily categorise the stories of Irish Mythology, there exists no specific reference to the[…]
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