Kuno Meyer: The German Who Gave Ireland Back Its Voice
Kuno Meyer was born in Hamburg, taught German in Liverpool and died in Leipzig, yet few people did more to put early Irish literature back into Irish hands. Here is…
Pangur Bán a 9th C. Old Irish Poem | The Original Irish Version With 5 Translations
Pangur Bán or “White Pangur” is an anonymous poem written in Old Irish around the 9th century by an Irish monk in praise of his white cat named Pangur (bán…
The Triple Judgements of The Freemen | Poetic Wisdom of the Irish Triads
The significance of the number three to the early Irish is evident in the literature, mythology, and laws of early Ireland, which abounds in triplets and triads. There are three triple-goddess personifications of sovereignty and of Ireland; the triple forms of the Morrígan and the motif of the threefold death; as well as the three-leaved shamrock Saint Patrick used to teach the native Irish of the 5th century about the Holy Trinity. This article explores the concept of "three" in Irish history, mythology, and belief.