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The Glencoe Massacre
The Glencoe Massacre After William III took the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland the government offered an...
The Lost Barony of Culbin
The Lost Barony of Culbin Originally published January 2016 Legend has it that in the seventeenth century Laird...
Wren Day Traditions
Wren Day Originally Published December 2015 The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen’s...
Celtic History In the News — November 2019
Celtic History and Archaeology In the News Apologies to any of you that have already read this one...
Celtic History In the News — December 2019
Recent News in Celtic Archaeology and History Rare spindle whorl discovered in Pictish excavation in Perthshire Archaeologists delving...
Irish Astronomers
Originally published October 2015. Updated December 2019. Irish Astronomers Until the 1990’s it seems that a number of...
Ireland’s Female Weavers
Ireland’s Female Weavers During the Napoleonic War from 1803 to 1815 there were some 300,000 men in the...
Celtic Tarot?
Originally published July 2015. Updated November 2019. “Celtic” Tarot? Some notes for something I was working on a...
Bog Butter
Bog Butter Update A post on an ancient Ireland blog recently included a photo (left) of a “mether”...
Autumn / Samhain Traditions
Originally published October 2012. Celtic History Newsletter Brought to you by The Celtic Croft and MacGregor Historic Games...