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Read more about the article 40 Years of Research: Irish Castles & Tower-houses with Guest Martin Breen

40 Years of Research: Irish Castles & Tower-houses with Guest Martin Breen

  • Post author:Brehon Academy
  • Post published:6 March 2022
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/General History/The Places
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Martin Breen is an Irish historian, researcher, and author who has dedicated over 40 years of his life to uncovering some of the lesser-known truths about Irish history. Martin Breen…

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Read more about the article Uisneach, Sacred Fires, and Fairy Lights?

Uisneach, Sacred Fires, and Fairy Lights?

  • Post author:Brehon Academy
  • Post published:1 May 2021
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/Holidays and Feasts
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For Bealtaine today, I want to share two stories about my experiences on the Hill of Uisneach during the Festival of Fires.The first one comes attached with this unusual photograph.I…

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Read more about the article We Are Strangers At Home! We Are Exiles in Erin!

We Are Strangers At Home! We Are Exiles in Erin!

  • Post author:Brehon Academy
  • Post published:24 April 2021
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/General History/Ogham
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A poem composed in 1580 served as a prophetic warning, a cry of despair and for Irish unity upon seeing the desecration of the Irish woodland even in the early times of the 'New English'.

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Read more about the article Spring Equinox Celebrations and Astronomical Alignments in Ireland

Spring Equinox Celebrations and Astronomical Alignments in Ireland

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  • Post published:20 March 2018
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/Holidays and Feasts/The Places
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Happy Spring Equinox everyone! A time-honoured by our ancestors and all of mankind since time immemorial and marked out by great celebrations, and astrologically aligned monuments, to mark the occasion…

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Read more about the article Ancient Icelandic Law in Reykjavik

Ancient Icelandic Law in Reykjavik

  • Post author:Brehon Academy
  • Post published:7 October 2017
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/The Laws/The Places
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At the start of October, I had the dual pleasure of making my first trip to Iceland, where I also got to hear eminent scholar David Friedman's analysis of ancient…

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Read more about the article 14 Ancient Names for Ireland (Video)

14 Ancient Names for Ireland (Video)

  • Post author:Brehon Academy
  • Post published:18 September 2017
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/General History/The Places/Video
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The Names of Ireland  An Ainmneacha na hÉireann With a land as ancient as this, it should come as no surprise to learn that the place we call ‘Ireland’ was…

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Read more about the article Cnóc Teamhair – Hill of Tara in Ancient Irish History

Cnóc Teamhair – Hill of Tara in Ancient Irish History

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  • Post published:25 November 2015
  • Post category:Ancient Sites/General History/The Places
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  "The Scottish historian Pinkerton, who was hardly sympathetic, admits: ‘Foreigners may imagine that it is granting too much to the Irish to allow them [the Irish] lists of kings…

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