Ireland's Ancient Places

celebrate bealtaine with fire at uisneach tonight online

Ali Isaac

May 5, 20211 min read

celebrate bealtaine with fire at uisneach tonight online

The festival of Bealtaine will be live-streamed tonight on Facebook and Instagram at 2105 so you can participate wherever you are.

Ali Isaac

Apr 16, 20213 min read

MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE WITH POETRY

The Marble Arch Caves UNESCO Global Geopark is calling for poetry submissions to their exciting digital Geopark Poetry Map!

mullagh hill | saints, scenery, & sonnets

Ali Isaac

Apr 5, 20214 min read

mullagh hill | saints, scenery, & sonnets

Mullagh is the home of St Kilian, but what draws me to Mullagh Hill above and beyond the solitude, the serenity, and the scenery, is poetry.

Ali Isaac

Mar 15, 20218 min read

the fairy council of ireland

Back in 2019, I graduated from Maynooth University with a First Class BA Hons in English and History with a Special Interest in Irish...

daughter of Ireland, builder of churches

Ali Isaac

Mar 1, 20217 min read

daughter of Ireland, builder of churches

A sheelanagig, a golden chalice, and a woman who brought about the downfall of Ireland; truth, legend or fiction?

Ali Isaac

Oct 12, 20206 min read

the secret of lismore castle

The Book of Lismore is a fifteenth-century text found hidden in a wall during renovation work at Lismore Castle in 1814.

knockdrum ring fort & the gurranes, Co. Cork

Ali Isaac

Sep 28, 20204 min read

knockdrum ring fort & the gurranes, Co. Cork

On a hot sunny day I visited Knockdrum ring fort and the Gurranes, a stone row also known as the Three Fingers, in beautiful west Cork.

Ali Isaac

Sep 7, 20204 min read

drombeg stone circle

Drombeg, or Liagchiorcal an Droma Bhig, as it is known in Irish, dates to the late Bronze Age, and consists of seventeen standing stones.

Ali Isaac

Aug 17, 20204 min read

the rock of dunamase

Dunamase is an Anglo-Norman castle located atop a craggy outcrop overlooking the rolling plains of Co. Laois, dominating the landscape.

reading the signs: understanding the megalithic artwork of the brú na bóinne complex

Ali Isaac

Jun 29, 20209 min read

reading the signs: understanding the megalithic artwork of the brú na bóinne complex

70% of Ireland's megalithic rock art can be found within the Boyne Valley. Many theories have been proposed concerning the artwork’s meaning

Ali Isaac is an author and blogger specialising in Irish mythology. Through word and image, she tries to draw the human story from Ireland's landscape and tumbled stones, with a particular focus on the women history has abandoned, and legend only half remembers.

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