Did You Know About Isolde’s Tower? The Irish Princess Beneath Temple Bar
Thousands of people walk past Isolde's Tower every week without knowing it is there. It sits behind an iron gate on Exchange Street Lower, on the western edge of Temple…
The Language of the Woods: Everything You Need to Know About Ogham, Ireland’s Ancient Tree Alphabet
Shrouded in the mists of early medieval Ireland, Ogham remains one of the most enigmatic writing systems of the ancient world. Its slender strokes and notches, cut along the edges…
How the Irish Got Their Language | Origins of Gaeilge 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.
The Learned Lineages of Medieval Ireland: With Luke McInerney
Plunge into the shadowed annals of medieval Gaelic Ireland in this riveting interview with 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, an intrepid amateur historian whose voracious scholarship has illuminated the intricate tapestries of clans,…
The Defeat of the Tuatha Dé Danann – How Mere Mortals Destroyed the Old Gods
The Battle of Tailtiu, a pivotal event in Irish mythology, marked the decisive confrontation between the Milesians, the ancestral Gaels, and the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine race that ruled…
Alignments in the Irish Landscape? With Guest Ray Keogh
Join Ciarán McMahon and me as we talk to Ray Keogh, who first noticed that certain landmarks were aligned while visiting Egypt. This realisation led to his searching for similar…
The Irish Ring Forts — Secrets Written In Stone?
Ireland's many stone ring forts are an enduring mystery for the scholar of ancient Ireland. Numbering in the tens of thousands, with some estimates of their numbers reaching over fifty…
The Lost World of Doggerland: A Sunken Bridge to Europe’s Prehistoric Past?
Imagine a time when you could walk from Scotland to Denmark without ever seeing the sea. A time when lush marshes, wooded valleys, and rolling hills stretched across what is…
How Ireland Came To Be Named After A Goddess: The Story of the Milesians Arrival at the Hill of Uisneach
The story of the Milesians’ arrival in Ireland, their encounter at Uisneach with the three goddesses Ériu, Banba, and Fódla, and the events leading to the Battle of Tailtiu (often…
Macha the Red – Ireland’s Female High-King
Macha was daughter of Aedh Ruadh (Ayrooa), or Red Hugh, who was at this time in an agreement to share the sovereignty of Ireland in rotation every seven-years with another…