Category: Short Histories
Irish Names for Wild Birds
The Irish language as some wonderfully descriptive words for wild birds and here is a selection of some of them.
Decorated initials from a 9th century Irish manuscript
This wonderful collection of decorated initials is found on a 9th century Irish manuscript which now resides at the Abbey…
The Fairy King’s advice on Trees. A poem from Early Ireland
This medieval Irish poem about trees is taken from a text known as Aidedh Ferghusa meic Léide (the Death of…
Raven Born & Wolf Singer: Some Old Irish Names from Ogham Stones
These Old Irish names are taken from the country’s corpus of ogham stones. Consisting of a series of incised linear lines,…
Remarkable Old Photos of Ireland
This wonderful selection of photographs illustrates Ireland at the very start of the 20th century. Concentrated in Co. Galway, the…
‘You Moulting Desert Ram’: 12 Early Irish Insults
This colourful collection of Irish insults dates from the Early Medieval era and is primarily based on the period’s satirical…
The Scribe in the Woods: An Early Irish Poem
This beautiful early Irish poem describes the joy of a scribe working in a forest surrounded by bird song and…
Leonardo da Vinci’s To-Do List
This is pretty amazing, Leonardo da Vinci’s to-do list for a week/month in the late 1490s. It is taken from a…
John Derricke’s Images of Ireland, 1581 AD
Below are a selection of images taken from John Derricke’s The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne, which…
Archaeologists find the Memories for Everyone
I asked my seven year old daughter why archaeology is important…..I liked her answer a lot ‘Archaeology is important because…
