Brigid: The Irish Goddess and Saint of Kildare
A goddess of poets, a saint of Kildare, and a fire that burned for centuries. Who Brigid was, and why the two are so hard to tell apart.
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The Tuatha Dé Danann: Ireland’s Old Gods and What Became of Them
How the old gods took Ireland, lost it to the Gaels, and kept the half of the country that lies below ground.
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The Morrígan: Ireland’s Phantom Queen of Battle and Prophecy
She washes at the river on Samhain, fights as an eel, a wolf, and a heifer, and waits on a hero’s shoulder at his death. Meet Ireland’s Phantom Queen.
The Cailleach: Ireland’s Winter Hag
A stone woman looking out to sea, a lament for lost youth, and hills built from an apron full of rocks. The Cailleach, Ireland’s ancient hag of winter.
The Dagda: The Good God
A giant dragging a club that carves boundary ditches, eating a pit of porridge with a ladle big enough for two. The Dagda, father of the Irish gods.
Lugh: Master of All Skills
A stranger at the gates of Tara who could do everything, and a sling stone that pierced the evil eye. Lugh, the brilliant young god of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Manannán mac Lir: God of the Sea
A god driving a chariot over the waves, a cloak that parts lovers forever, and a cup that breaks at a lie. Manannán mac Lir, lord of the sea and the Otherworld.
The Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann
A stone that shouted for the true king, a spear that never lost, a sword no one escaped, and a cauldron that never emptied. The four treasures the gods brought to Ireland.
The Tuatha Dé Danann: Ireland’s Old Gods and What Became of Them
How the old gods took Ireland, lost it to the Gaels, and kept the half of the country that lies below ground.
The Irish Gods and Goddesses
The Dagda, Lugh, the Morrígan and the rest of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and why they were never written down as a pantheon.