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The Bees and the Banais RÃghe
Bees are very important, we often take them for granted, poison them or otherwise bring about their destruction. Experts say that we...

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Aug 103 min read
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Eochaid in the Otherworld, & a Summer Solstice alignment.
Lough Neagh ( Loch nEathach) is the largest inland water body in Ireland and its name means 'Eochaid's Lake'. In his article ' The...

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Jul 255 min read
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Slieve Donard - Healing Mountain
The mountain we call Slieve Donard is well-known for being Ulster's highest peak and the tallest of the Mourne Mountains. However, it was...

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Jan 1, 20223 min read
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Navan Fort - Ulster's Samhain Home
The festival of Halloween - which we celebrate on 31st October every year - is often said to have its roots in the 'Celtic' tradition of...

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Oct 31, 20213 min read
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Knock Iveagh Cairn - a lost Passage Tomb?
'...Where Uladh’s sons were wont to hold The patron dance and feis of old; And stately woods then unreclaimed Where farmers now the...

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Aug 5, 20216 min read
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Conall Cearnach & the UÃ Eachach Cobo
CONALL CEARNACH 10/9/2018 0 Comments The UÃ Eachach Cobo and later Magennis Lords of Iveagh claimed their descent from one of the great...

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Aug 4, 20214 min read
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Let the Hare Sit
A short time ago I was out for a walk on a mountain near my home and I was lucky enough to watch a wild hare as it ran through the...

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Feb 16, 20213 min read
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Living Myths
I chose to title this blog 'Inner Landscapes' because it is my belief that the way in which we notice and interact with the landscapes,...

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Aug 16, 20202 min read
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Setting Sun at Knock Iveagh - A Solar Phenomenon?
(nb. this article was originally posted 20th April 2020, but has since been updated in 2021 & 2025) In Muirchú's account of the life of...

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Apr 24, 20205 min read
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Cnoc Uibh Eachach
The article below was published in An tUltach in December 1959. I found it in the McClay Library at Queens University. I have to thank An...

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Sep 14, 20195 min read
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Aine's Cairn & Dolmen, Legananny, Co Down
A little unexpected child-free time recently allowed for an unprepared hike up into the Dromara Hills, County Down & I do not regret the...

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Aug 24, 20194 min read
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'Rushes Cave' Court Tomb, Attical
This Court Tomb is located in the corner of a field just West of the B27 as it begins to descend into Kilkeel, close to the hamlet of...

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Aug 18, 20192 min read
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Meaningful Co-incidences?
'God, that is Nature superior, interrupted this dispute; for she separated the land from the sky and the waves from the land and split...

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Aug 16, 20194 min read
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Finn and the Cailleach: Slieve Gullion & Knock Iveagh - a Winter Solstice Alignment UPDATED 22/08/22
'Kingship is male; sovereignty is female' James Mac Killop in 'Myths and Legends of the Celts' Although the sovereignty 'land-goddess'...

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Aug 14, 20194 min read
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'Though he goes, let him come back again.'
For some time now I've been thinking about a visit to Inishowen in Donegal, a place which is full of happy childhood memories for me. On...

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Aug 12, 20197 min read
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