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The Song of Wandering Aengus by W. B. Yeats

The Song of Wandering Aengus by W. B. Yeats

An cursory interpretation of the William Butler Yeats poem The Song of Wandering Aengus, exploring its mythic and symbolic importance

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The Song of Wandering Aengus by W. B. Yeats

An cursory interpretation of the William Butler Yeats poem The Song of Wandering Aengus, exploring its mythic and symbolic importance

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Slane: of setting suns, setting moons and setting empires

Slane: of setting suns, setting moons and setti...

A first crescent moon hangs over the ancient Hill of Slane, where Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland. But as the moon sets at Slane, is an empire setting too?...

Slane: of setting suns, setting moons and setti...

A first crescent moon hangs over the ancient Hill of Slane, where Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland. But as the moon sets at Slane, is an empire setting too?...

Saint Patrick was married - his wife was Sheelah and her day was celebrated on March 18th

Saint Patrick was married - his wife was Sheela...

The wife of Saint Patrick was known as Sheelah and she had her own special day on March 18th. But the tradition left Ireland with the Great Famine.

Saint Patrick was married - his wife was Sheela...

The wife of Saint Patrick was known as Sheelah and she had her own special day on March 18th. But the tradition left Ireland with the Great Famine.

Researchers hunt for flooded ancient landscapes in Irish Sea

Researchers hunt for flooded ancient landscapes...

A team of scientists will take samples from the sea bed between Ireland and Britain to look for evidence of submerged palaeolandscapes and early human activity

Researchers hunt for flooded ancient landscapes...

A team of scientists will take samples from the sea bed between Ireland and Britain to look for evidence of submerged palaeolandscapes and early human activity

The Beaker people and their replacement of Neolithic DNA - is this remembered in Irish myth?

The Beaker people and their replacement of Neol...

A new paper suggests that the Neolithic population of ancient Britain was almost completely replaced by Beaker DNA around 4,500 years ago. The Beakers arrived into Ireland at the same...

The Beaker people and their replacement of Neol...

A new paper suggests that the Neolithic population of ancient Britain was almost completely replaced by Beaker DNA around 4,500 years ago. The Beakers arrived into Ireland at the same...

Launch of Brigid of Faughart Festival 2018, Louth County Library, Dundalk

Launch of Brigid of Faughart Festival 2018, Lou...

Anthony Murphy, author of Mythical Ireland, performed the official launch of the 11th annual Brigid of Faughart Festival 2018

Launch of Brigid of Faughart Festival 2018, Lou...

Anthony Murphy, author of Mythical Ireland, performed the official launch of the 11th annual Brigid of Faughart Festival 2018