📖 Ancient Restoration

The Irish Script is unique in that it was a deliberate new creation derived from Greek and Latin learning. Other medieval scripts, Visigothic, French, Beneventan etc, come from the degenerated cursive writing of the late Romans. [Irish vs Visigoth]

17th February is the feast of Saint Fintan of Clonenagh, “Father of the Irish Monks”: Irish hermit, ascetic, disciple of St Columba, founder-Abbot of Clonenagh, and patron saint of County Laois, where he died on that day in c. 603. Was late with these backed…

The Irish monks sought to conquer knowledge (Prov 24:5) in pursuit of God. They sailed the Nile and gazed at the midnight sun over Iceland:

The monasteries founded by St Columba produced some of the finest Insular art ever created - The Book of Durrow, c. 650-700

The monasteries founded by St Columba produced some of the finest Insular art ever created - The Book of Durrow, c. 650-700

Evening in Ludgate, London by John O'Connor, 1887 with St Paul's and the Wren church of St Martin's.

Victoria Embankment, London 1874 - John O'Connor Born in Derry, O'Connor was greatly popular for his iconic scene paintings.

Victoria Embankment, London 1874 - John O'Connor Born in Derry, O'Connor was greatly popular for his iconic scene paintings.

County Meath, meaning "the middle kingdom," was one of five ancient provinces of Ireland. It was created by Tuathal Techtma (ancestor of the O'Neill) as the seat of High Kingship: a place to exercise rule which favoured no single kingdom.

County Meath, meaning "the middle kingdom," was one of five ancient provinces of Ireland. It was created by Tuathal Techtma (ancestor of the O'Neill) as the seat of High Kingship: a place to exercise rule which favoured no single kingdom.

A favourite delicacy in medieval Ireland was 'milsén', a thickened butter that was cooked with honey. Today the term survives as milseán ('sweet, candy') a word people use to describe their favourite sweets.

Bees have always been known as special creatures - In the Bible the epitome of Eden-like fertility is a "land of milk and honey": bees are symbolic of God's perfect order & paradise. Similarly in Irish myth, vessels of sacred mead comprise the food of the…