📖 Ancient Restoration

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, masters of all arts.

#OnThisDay 1798 United Irishmen rebels ambush & kill 70-80 British militia at Three Rocks in Wexford taking 20 prisoner & 2 howitzers. They then take Wexford Town. The garrison in Wexford town withdraw to Duncannon, looting & pillaging on their way. One instance of a series of rebellions nationwide in 1798.

"And now this is ‘an inheritance’ – Upright, rudimentary, unshiftably planked In the long ago, yet willable forward Again and again and again" - Séamus Heaney

"And now this is ‘an inheritance’ – Upright, rudimentary, unshiftably planked In the long ago, yet willable forward Again and again and again" - Séamus Heaney

''The whole history of Ireland is a record of betrayals by politicians and statesmen.'' James Connolly

Dún Dúchathair ('Black Fort') - the most foreboding of Aran's Bronze Age stone forts, West coast of Ireland.

Dún Dúchathair ('Black Fort') - the most foreboding of Aran's Bronze Age stone forts, West coast of Ireland.

Teaghlach Éinne, St Enda's House, Inis Mór. The ancient burial place of the Irish saints on the Aran Islands. St Enda is reputedly buried under the altar, alongside many other early saints.

Teaghlach Éinne, St Enda's House, Inis Mór. The ancient burial place of the Irish saints on the Aran Islands. St Enda is reputedly buried under the altar, alongside many other early saints.

The Bronze Age fort of Dún Aonghasa in the limestone studded landscape of Aran, County Galway, Ireland.

The 3,000 year old stone fort of Dún Aonghasa, Inishmore, The Aran Islands. Once called 'the most magnificent monument in Europe'.

The 3,000 year old stone fort of Dún Aonghasa, Inishmore, The Aran Islands. Once called 'the most magnificent monument in Europe'.