📖 Ancient Restoration

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 gods and immortality.

11 February: Feast of St Gobnait, 6th c. Irish patron saint of bees and beekeepers. Her connection to bees began when an angel told her to find her “resurrection place” - Important as in Celtic mythology the soul departed the body as a bee or a butterfly.…

11 February: Feast of St Gobnait, 6th c. Irish patron saint of bees and beekeepers. Her connection to bees began when an angel told her to find her “resurrection place” - Important as in Celtic mythology the soul departed the body as a bee or a butterfly. Mistake in deletion.

County Wexford was called 'Waesfjord' by the Vikings - meaning 'fjord of the mud-flats'. Its Irish name 'Loch Garman' refers to a legendary warrior called Garman Garbh, who was drowned at the river Slaney by a wicked enchantress. [Pikemen of Wexford, 1798…

County Wexford was called 'Waesfjord' by the Vikings - meaning 'fjord of the mud-flats'. Its Irish name 'Loch Garman' refers to a legendary warrior called Garman Garbh, who was drowned at the river Slaney by a wicked enchantress. [Pikemen of Wexford, 1798 Memorial]

County Louth is named after Lugh, a god, hero, and king of the ancient Irish. Historically, the placename has had various spellings: 'Lugmad', 'Lughmhaigh', & 'Lughmhadh'. Lú is the modern simplified form. [Castle Roche, Dundalk]

County Louth is named after Lugh, a god, hero, and king of the ancient Irish. Historically, the placename has had various spellings: 'Lugmad', 'Lughmhaigh', & 'Lughmhadh'. Lú is the modern simplified form. [Castle Roche, Dundalk]

County Wicklow gets its name from the Cauci tribe who originated beyond the Rhine - They called the land 'Wick'. The Vikings added the word ‘-lo’, to this, which means ‘meadow,’ thereby creating the name ‘Bay of the river meadows.’

County Wicklow gets its name from the Cauci tribe who originated beyond the Rhine - They called the land 'Wick'. The Vikings added the word ‘-lo’, to this, which means ‘meadow,’ thereby creating the name ‘Bay of the river meadows.’

The Gaelic name for Dublin is ‘Baile Átha Cliath’ which translates as ‘town of the hurdle ford’, a description of the bank of wooden forts built up on the river Liffey by the Vikings. An earlier name for Dublin is Dubh Linn (Irish) or Dyflin (Norse), meaning…

The Gaelic name for Dublin is ‘Baile Átha Cliath’ which translates as ‘town of the hurdle ford’, a description of the bank of wooden forts built up on the river Liffey by the Vikings. An earlier name for Dublin is Dubh Linn (Irish) or Dyflin (Norse), meaning 'black pool'.

The province name of Leinster comes from the word 'Laigin', referring to a tribe of Gauls who settled the region in 600 BC. The latter part of the word (-ster) comes from Old Norse 'staðr' - meaning place, city, or town. Leinster - [Laigin-staðr]