📖 Ancient Restoration

Originally the Banshee was not a death-heralding old crone, but a queen or lady of the Sidhe, an angelic being with long flowing red hair.

Ireland - Land of the Green... or, em, red?!

The Irish god the Dagda was called 'The Red Man of All Knowledge', having red hair & eyes, features signifying otherworldly power & favour.

In Irish history red hair represented a kind of dignity & nearness to a superior power due its association with ancient royalty & old Irish gods.

Redheads can make vitamin D in their bodies in even the lowest light conditions. Useful for those long, dark northern winters.

Red hair is an adaptation for absorbing vitamin D in the overcast climates of NW Europe. 40% of Europeans carry the gene. The percentage higher in places like Scotland and Ireland. http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/irish-people-have…

Hibernia is the Roman name for Ireland, meaning 'the land of winter'. They saw it as an inhospitable land at the edge of the known world.

Hibernia is the Roman name for Ireland, meaning 'the land of winter'. They saw it as an inhospitable land at the edge of the known world.

James Doyle Penrose (1862-1932) - Innocent Beauty

Idunn and The Apples - Illustration by James Doyle Penrose

'The Last Chapter' - James Doyle Penrose. Born in Wicklow. Venerable Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed. #Wicklow

'The Last Chapter' - James Doyle Penrose. Born in Wicklow. Venerable Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed. #Wicklow