📖 Ancient Restoration

Ridire gaelach ón 16ú haois mar a bhfuil i Historia et Genealogia Familiae de Burgo. A 16th century Irish knight as depicted in Historia et Genealogia Familiae de Burgo.

Madeline After Prayer, 1868, Daniel Maclise - Born in Cork as the son of a shoemaker, he went on to become one of Ireland's master painters.

Madeline After Prayer, 1868, Daniel Maclise - Born in Cork as the son of a shoemaker, he went on to become one of Ireland's master painters.

'The clear true eyes of this man, almost alone in his day, visioned Ireland as we of to-day would surely have her – not free merely, but Gaelic as well; not Gaelic merely, but free as well.' - Pearse

'Ireland Unfree shall never be at peace'. Pádraig Pearse delivered the funeral oration at the grave of O'Donovan Rossa #OnThisDay in 1915

“I say to my people that they are holy, that they are august despite their chains." - Patrick Pearse, teacher, barrister, poet, & 1916 leader, who was born in Dublin, 10th November 1879.

"Irish will scarcely be our language in this generation, not even perhaps in the next. But until we have it again on our tongues and in our minds we are not free" ~ Path to Freedom (Chapter 7: Distinctive Culture) - Michael Collins, August 1922

Crom Dubh agus Pátrún an Chlocháin, Ciarraí Crom Dubh, Cloghane, Co. Kerry https://www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4687694/4684424/4708084

Crom Dubh agus Pátrún an Chlocháin, Ciarraí Crom Dubh, Cloghane, Co. Kerry https://www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4687694/4684424/4708084

In medieval Ireland, the saints took over the role of the Fianna as dragon-slayers. Saintly encounters with 'péist' (beasts) are common, and monsters are defeated in acts of tribulation, such as St Patrick's banishing of the serpents.

In medieval Ireland, the saints took over the role of the Fianna as dragon-slayers. Saintly encounters with 'péist' (beasts) are common, and monsters are defeated in acts of tribulation, such as St Patrick's banishing of the serpents.

In the medieval Irish story 'Tales of the Elders' the ancient hero Caoilte recounts the deeds of the Fianna to St Patrick, and explains that it was once their duty to rid the land of serpents and dragons.