Brehons, Brahmins, and an Irish Scholar who made an Incredible Connection
Myles Dillon spent fifty years arguing that early Ireland and ancient India shared more than a distant ancestor — this is his story, and his case
“King and Hermit”—A 10th-century poem translated by Kuno Meyer
What follows is a 10th-century poem describing events set in the seventh century. It records an imagined conversation between King Guaire (Guare) of Connacht and his brother Marvan (Marban), a…
The “Hidden Ireland” of Daniel Corkery
Published in 1924, the book is a study of the Irish-language poets who kept a native learned culture alive across Cork, Kerry, and Limerick through the eighteenth century, long after the formal Bardic schools of medieval Ireland had been destroyed. Corkery called this world hidden for a precise reason.
What Does Brehon Law Say About the Sea? Muirbretha—Sea Judgements
Muirbretha, the "sea-judgements," is the main surviving Brehon law text on maritime affairs, and it survives only because a handful of scribes thought it worth copying fragments of it into…
The Plea of the Irish Chieftains to the Pope: The Remonstrance of 1317
In 1317, Irish chieftains led by Domhnall Ó Néill sent a remarkable plea to Pope John XXII, arguing centuries before the Enlightenment that Ireland had every right to rule itself.
The Year of Slaughter: Ireland’s Forgotten Famine?
Ask most people, even most Irish people, to name a famine, and they'll give you one answer: the Great Hunger of the 1840s (or An Gorta Mór; though a growing…
A Guide to Researching Your Irish Roots | Meet Your Irish Ancestors
This article is for anyone curious to learn more about their family history and genealogy. It includes essential resources, records, and strategies for successfully tracing one's Irish ancestry. From vital…
How Old Is The World? | The Age of the World (According to the Irish Annals)
OR, A Hypothetical Timeline of Irish History Note – Anno mundi, (Latin: “in the year of the world”), abbreviation A.M, the year dating from the year of creation in Jewish chronology, based on rabbinic calculations.…
What Did Irish Sound Like 250 Years Ago? Irish Accents in Newfoundland 🇨🇦
https://youtu.be/7rybVPBN4t4 To understand why Newfoundland sounds the way it does, you have to go back further than the fishery — back to the collapse of the old Gaelic order itself.…
How the Irish Got Their Language | Origins of Gaelic and Ogham
Auraicept na n-Éces, or The Scholars' Primer, is one of the most important and fascinating surviving texts from medieval Ireland. It stands as the earliest known native Irish treatise on grammar, poetics, and the philosophy of language.
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