Tag: Irish

She might have been around at least half a millennium already, but her stock is now on the rise. Introducing St. Brigid, Ireland’s new (and oldest) …

Brigid is famously known as both Christian Saint and Pagan Goddess, but what does the medieval literature have to say about her Goddess form?

Written in the 9th century, the poem “Pangur Bán” is one of the oldest surviving texts from Early Ireland. Delivered in eight stanzas of four lin…

Six of the living Celtic languages are under pressure to one degree or another. Each of them is ranked at best as “vulnerable” according to the UN…

An Mór-Ríoghan—or the Morrigan, in English—is a figure that evolved and somewhat changed throughout Irish mythology. Nonetheless, she is most co…

Learn about CRÁ, a thrilling new Irish-language crime drama series set in the Irish Gaeltacht that's represents the best of Gaelic Noir...

As Irish mythology confirms, the love triangle has long been a classic trope in storytelling. Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne, one of the major s…

Ar chuala tú riamh faoi Ann Glover? A native speaker of Irish, her tragic tale begins in rural Ireland, and ends in Boston, where she is recorded as…