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.
When people imagine early Irish law, they usually picture the brithem — the brehon — weighing evidence and handing down a careful judgement based on precedent. That's true enough for…
There's a passage that turns up in a lot of anthologies of Irish myth, usually just a page or two, that starts with a strange young man walking up to the King of Tara carrying a branch of silver with three golden apples on it...
Imagine a political idea so old and so serious that a king who told a lie could, in theory, cause the harvest to fail.
A guide to the principles of Ireland's ancient legal tradition, told through myth and legend. The Demise of the Brehon Laws? Sir John Davies wrote the following in a treatise…
Back by popular demand! The most requested guest of 2025 returns — and this time, we go deeper, stranger, and more thought-provoking than ever before. Picking up where we left…
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…
To me, síocháin is more than a word—it is a living essence, a gentle whisper carried on the wind across Ireland's emerald hills, evoking a profound harmony that weaves together…
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…
Ballyvadhea, County Tipperary – March 1895Retold by Kevin Flanagan on 31 October 2025 In 1895, gripped by paranoia and fear, Michael Cleary and his accomplices would burn Michael's wife, Bridget,…