Aisling Walsh receives funding from the Irish Research Council. At an academic conference I attended this summer, an Irish Druid presided over an opening ceremony. She blessed the proceedings and ...

The clover was a sacred plant of the Irish Druids, due to the cluster of its three heart-shaped leaves. Three was a sacred number in Irish mythology, perhaps inspiring St. Patrick to 'Christianize ...

It was therefore all the more worrying to see how the white, settled (as opposed to travelling), Irish identity positioned as ...

“It was reputed to be the site used to summon the priests, the augurs and druids of Ireland to assemble on Samhain eve to consume the sacrifices that were offered to their pagan gods,” said ...

it was the site of the ‘Fire of Tlachtga’, where the druids of Ireland used to meet at Samhain and make offerings to their gods. "All fires in Ireland had to be extinguished that night ...

Cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds SE at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Cloudy ...