34 Irish Names from Ancient Myth and History
ÁED m Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology Older form of AODH. ÁEDÁN m Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology Older form of AODHÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century king of the…
‘True Judgement’ or How Young Cormac Mac Airt was Recognised as King
Long ago, the people of Ireland were internationally renowned for their love of law and their intricate justice system. Law was the articulation of fairness and the embodiment of justice,…
Online Database for Irish Myths and Sagas
The mythology of ancient Ireland is made up of a number literary epics and tales of ‘gods and men’ that interlink and cross-over one another to form a rich and…
Ancient Irish Olympics – The Lughnasa Games at Telltown
The Telltown or Tailtiu Games were said to have been instituted by the Gaelic god Lú Lamhfada Samildanách – Lugh the Long-Armed Master of the Arts, and are considered to…
Video: How the Irish Got their Language (and their Freckles…)
Listen to a mythological account of how the Irish got their language, and their freckles, as spoken in fluent Irish (with English subtitles) by YouTube user Feardia and read the humorous transcript…
How Cú Chulain Got His Name – Restitution In Irish Mythology
Under the Ancient Irish Brehon Laws restitution was the favoured method for dealing with wrongdoings. Compensations owed by offenders are given great attention in the legal manuscripts, but it is…