Celtic Mythology | Five Sacred Guardian Trees of Ireland

12/01/2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Tree lore is a suspected ancient school of knowledge with roots stretching back into our earliest symbolic imaginations. The Tree is a common universal, archetypal symbol that can be found in many different traditions around the ancient world. Trees are symbols of physical and spiritual nourishment, transformation and liberation, sustenance, spiritual growth, union and fertility. […]

#OTD in 999 – The Battle of Glenn Máma.

30/12/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

In December of the year 999, after celebrating Christmas on a march to Dublin, the Munster king Brian Boru won a major battle at Glen Máma near Dublin after being intercepted by the Norse of Dublin and the Leinstermen on Thursday 30 December. Where exactly this battle took place is still under debate in modern scholarship. Brian’s route, coming […]

Celtic Mythology | Five Sacred Guardian Trees of Ireland

12/01/2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in 999 – The Battle of Glenn Máma.

30/12/2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

In December of the year 999, after celebrating Christmas on a march to Dublin, the Munster king Brian Boru won a major battle at Glen Máma near Dublin after being intercepted by the Norse of Dublin and the Leinstermen on Thursday 30 December. Only the Clonmacnois set of annals, pro-Úi Néill, mentions Máel Sechnaill (king of the Southern Uí […]