Fothart for trebaib Con Corbb, The Fothairt over the Settlements of Conn Corb
Cover art is ‘Giant’s Causeway’ by an unknown artist, public domain Notes: This is a complex genealogical and mythological poem…
Cover art is ‘Giant’s Causeway’ by an unknown artist, public domain Notes: This is a complex genealogical and mythological poem…
Cover art is ‘County Sligo’ by M.C. Green Book of Leinster Notes: This is one of the great narrative poems…
Cover art is of ‘Cork’ by William Henry Barlett Notes: This is a remarkable versified king-list of Leinster, a genre…
Cover art by Peter Jackson Book of Leinster Notes: This is one of the most extraordinary poems in the entire…
Cover art by Peter Jackson 1. ‘Children of powerful Nemed, what is the cause of your assembling? What has brought…
“And, if there is healing, It is in the depth of a silence, Whose plumbed depths require A journey through…
“A great obnubilation was conjured up for the bard so that he slept a heavy sleep, and things magic-begotten were shewn to him to enunciate, apparently in his sleep. This was called “illumination by rhymes,” and a similar method was used in Wales. When consulted, the seer roared violently until he was beside himself, and out of his ravings the desired information was gathered. When aroused from this ecstatic condition, he had no remembrance of what he had uttered. Giraldus reports this, and thinks, with the modern spiritualist, that the utterance was caused by spirits.” – J.A. MacCulloch (Art by Herbert Norris)


“Becoming a Druid is a life-long task. Indeed, many say that the work of being a Druid is a constant process of becoming, of reaching the archetype of strength, wisdom, clarity, invulnerability, and gentle humanity, together with an understanding of nature at its rawest edges. We stretch through our souls the essence of life, to the spirit that vitalizes, to the gods that empower us, in search of inspiration.” – Emma Restall Orr (Art is A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884)
“Members of the learned caste or priestly profession in Celtic and early Irish culture. The word ‘druid’ is probably derived form the Celtic dru-wid, which would have meant ‘very knowledgeable’. The Greek and Latin writers attest to the importance of the druids among the Celtic Gauls. They were at the centre of society, making decisions on matters of tradition, custom and law and also on general questions concerning nature and human life.” – Dáithí Ó hÓgáin (Art is ‘The Bard’ by Thomas Jones)






