📖 Ancient Restoration

"To me, to my house, you shall come after your death." - Donn, Lord of the Dead, ruler of Samhain - 9th century Irish manuscript.

Follow the chain thread to the start to read on October to November and end of harvest. https://t.me/IrishKnowledge/762

Almost all rivers in Celtic Europe have female names, reflecting the maternal deity to whom the river belonged. In Ireland the Boyne was owned by Boann ('white cow of plenty'). Sequana presided over the Seine, while the Marne derives its name from Matrona…

Teutates was a Celtic god who was worshiped in ancient Gaul and Britain. His name is related to the concept of the túath, & means "father of the tribe". The tribe was seen as having divine life-force to the ancient Celts.

The Scripture Cross at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly. Founded as a monastic settlement by St Ciarán mid-6th century, it's one of the oldest Christian sites in Ireland.

Birr Castle, County Offaly Built in the 17th century by the Parson family on the site of a previous O'Carroll stronghold. The O'Carrolls, who were displaced, went on to become prominent Catholic landowners in Maryland & signatories to the American Declaration…

Birr Castle, County Offaly Built in the 17th century by the Parson family on the site of a previous O'Carroll stronghold. The O'Carrolls, who were displaced, went on to become prominent Catholic landowners in Maryland & signatories to the American Declaration of Independence.

The Equinox happens twice a year at the Loughcrew Cairns in Co. Meath. Throughout time people have gathered to honour and celebrate the sun at these ancient passage tombs, which are over 5,000 years old. Autumn's Equinox falls on September 22nd/23rd.

Túath is a common Celtic word traceable to Indo-European (teutā). It means 'tribe', a term for the basic social unit of Celtic society, made up of 3,000 people, & ruled over by a king (Ir. rí, Gaulish rīx, Welsh rhí). The Túath system was most long-lasting…

Túath is a common Celtic word traceable to Indo-European (teutā). It means 'tribe', a term for the basic social unit of Celtic society, made up of 3,000 people, & ruled over by a king (Ir. rí, Gaulish rīx, Welsh rhí). The Túath system was most long-lasting in Ireland.

In medieval Ireland the category of people who exercised skill & knowledge were known as áes dána, or nemed ('sacral ones'). This included filid (poets) who were the equal of kings & clerics. The 'base nemed' were men of lesser skill: physicians, judges, smiths…

To the ancient Irish there was a link between manual or verbal ability & supernatural power. The skill of the poet, smith & seer was considered to have magical potential. From the oldest text: 'the people of skill were gods [for them]' i.e. the Tuatha Dé,…