... mainland. It is the site of a monastery founded by the Irish monk Columba in 563 AD. He was the great-great-grandson of Niall Noígíallach, Irish high king who reigned in the late 4th and early 5 centuries, and ancestor ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 26 2020 - 5:05pm - 0 comments
... align with the light of the winter solstice as with the the Irish Newgrange site pointing to linked cultures. There are a number of runic ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 9 2016 - 8:31pm
... the nineteenth. Some were victims of the Clearances. Whereas Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic were once spoken, written and published ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 26 2016 - 9:26pm - 0 comments
... There are also written references in the Annals of Ulster (Irish: Annála Uladh) that record two sieges of "Dún Foither" in 681 and 694. ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 31 2021 - 5:42pm
... Gaelic) Nollaig Shona Dhuit agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise (Irish Gaelic) Nedeleg Laouen na Bloavezh Mat (Breton) Nadolig Llawen ...
Alastair Kneale - Jan 14 2018 - 4:37pm - 0 comments
... is not confined to An Lochan Uaine. In Gaelic mythology (Irish, Scottish and Manx) Cailleach is a creation goddess . Many places are ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 23 2021 - 6:22pm
... the River Dhoo and River Glass meet, and then flows into the Irish Sea. Douglas was chosen as the capital of the Isle of Man in 1869 when it ...
Alastair Kneale - Jan 12 2019 - 6:37pm
... whose sword is needed to kill Twrch Twrch. Twrch Twrch is an Irish King now turned into a boar by a curse. On his head between his ears is ...
Mair Williams - May 2 2019 - 9:08pm
... history of this Celtic island located in the middle of the Irish Sea. Many of these legends spoke of the mists as portals into another ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 18 2022 - 6:09pm - 0 comments
... South Dakota The Scottish and Irish Society of the Black Hills www.blackhillscelticevents.org ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 19 2021 - 11:04pm