Deirdrê is the tragic heroine in Irish pre-Christian legend, whose story is told in the ancient Irish mythology of the Ulster Cycle. Deirdre was born in the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa King of ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 14 2018 - 4:36pm
... has announced the opening of 2021 ticket sales for the Plen an Gwari open-air performances that will run from the 4th – 18th September. ... Origo Mundi, The Passion and The Resurrection, or the whole cycle at once at a discounted rate. All three plays in the Ordinalia Cycle will ...
Kernow Matters to Us - May 10 2021 - 11:12am
Clochafarmore (Irish: Cloch an Fhir Mhóir) is a menhir (standing stone) located about 1.4 km ... pre-Christian Gaelic pantheon the Tuatha Dé Danann. In the Ulster Cycle, Lugh fathered Cú Chulainn with the mortal maiden Deichtine who was the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 25 2021 - 11:05am
... The Swan, which is called "Eala" in Scots Gaelic, "Eala" in Irish, "Alarch" in Welsh, "Alarc’h" in Breton, "Olla" in Manx and "Alargh" ... an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. In the tale of the ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 29 2016 - 6:54pm - 0 comments
... intelligence failings and "collusive behaviours" by Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers linked to a series of loyalist murders in ... for more than 400 deaths, the majority of its victims being Irish Catholic civilians, murdered at random. The Police Ombudsman for Northern ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 8 2022 - 2:30pm
... with Deirdrê of the Sorrows, the tragic heroine in Irish pre-Christian legend, whose story is told in the ancient Irish mythology of the Ulster Cycle. Deirdrê and the three sons of Usnach were said to have lived ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 8 2017 - 11:50am
... with Deirdrê of the Sorrows , the tragic heroine in Irish pre-Christian legend, whose story is told in the ancient Irish mythology of the Ulster Cycle. Deirdrê and the three sons of Usnach were said to have lived ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 7 2018 - 10:46am
... from the Celtic god Lugh (also known as Lug and in Modern Irish: Lú). In Modern Irish August is called Lúnasa, in Scottish Gaelic: ... which give various accounts of his life and deeds. In the Ulster Cycle he is said to be the father of the legendary warrior and hero ...
Alastair Kneale - Aug 1 2023 - 3:34pm
... the other UK Celtic peoples - the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish. However, as with the Census in 2011, you are able to use the ... on services like transport, education and health – on cycle routes, schools and dental surgeries. Information from the Census ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Mar 5 2021 - 5:54pm
... of pre-Christian deities. The aos sí or aes sídhe is an Irish term for a supernatural race that exist in Irish, Scottish and Manx ... in the northwest of Ireland, is the second-longest river in Ulster. It rises on the east of Slieve Glah mountain in County Cavan (Contae an ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Aug 30 2018 - 4:05pm