Brehon Law on Uisneach Hill
In this video, I discuss Ireland's ancient Brehon Laws on the Hill of Uisneach, Westmeath, as a guest speaker at the Uisneach Fire Festival 2015 (uisneach.ie). 'Brehon Law' refers to…
On the Formation of the Irish Counties
How and When were the 32 Irish Counties formed? THE division of Ireland into shires or counties is of Anglo-Norman and English origin. The counties generally represent the older native…
Cnóc Teamhair – Hill of Tara in Ancient Irish History
"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…
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…
The Names of Ireland: Scotia
On the various names given to the land known as Ireland. IX. Its Ninth Appellation it receiv'd likewise from the Sons of Milesius, who nam'd it Scotia, from their Mothers…