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Gifts from the ‘Hell-Mouth of Ireland’ #Samhain

Ali Isaac

Nov 6, 20175 min read

Gifts from the ‘Hell-Mouth of Ireland’ #Samhain

Are you brave enough to enter the 'Hell-mouth of Ireland'? That's Oweynagat, the Morrigan's cave at Cruachan, birth-place of Queen Medb.

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? 4 Spooky Ancient Sites Associated with #SAMHAIN

Ali Isaac

Oct 30, 20174 min read

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? 4 Spooky Ancient Sites Associated with #SAMHAIN

If you are in Ireland for Halloween, consider creating your own bespoke Samhain tour. Here are my top 4 spooky Samhain ancient sites.

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Trek Along the Iron-Age Trackway at Corlea

Ali Isaac

Oct 23, 20175 min read

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Trek Along the Iron-Age Trackway at Corlea

This great wooden road, known as togher in Irish, was discovered in 1984, when Bord na Mona were digging turf to supply a power station.

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? ENTHRONE YOURSELF in the Witches Chair.

Ali Isaac

Oct 16, 20172 min read

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? ENTHRONE YOURSELF in the Witches Chair.

The Witches Throne is a huge kerbstone carved with armrests at the base of cairn T at the highest point of Loughcrew, in Co. Meath, Ireland.

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Stay in the Most Haunted Castle in Ireland.

Ali Isaac

Oct 9, 20173 min read

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Stay in the Most Haunted Castle in Ireland.

Ross Castle in Co. Meath, is said to be the most haunted castle in Ireland. Are you brave enough to spend a night there?

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Walk in the Footsteps of St Féichín at Fore

Ali Isaac

Sep 25, 20173 min read

Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Walk in the Footsteps of St Féichín at Fore

Fore comes from the Irish Fhobhair, meaning ‘the town of the water springs’. The monastery was founded there by St Féichín in 630AD.

planning your visit to ireland? see the oldest tree in ireland.

Ali Isaac

Sep 11, 20172 min read

planning your visit to ireland? see the oldest tree in ireland.

The oldest tree in Ireland is said to be a yew located just within the grounds of Maynooth University & estimated to be around 800 years old

planning your visit to ireland? take a walking tour of tara with treasa

Ali Isaac

Aug 28, 20172 min read

planning your visit to ireland? take a walking tour of tara with treasa

A visit to Ireland would not be complete without a walking tour of the Hill of Tara with Treasa. A unique way to experience this iconic site

Planning your Visit to Ireland? Deerpark Forest

Ali Isaac

Aug 14, 20172 min read

Planning your Visit to Ireland? Deerpark Forest

Deerpark Forest was established by the second Lord Headfort, Thomas Taylor, in the early nineteenth century.

Planning a Visit to Ireland? The Split Rock of Easkey

Ali Isaac

Aug 7, 20172 min read

Planning a Visit to Ireland? The Split Rock of Easkey

Welcome to a new feature on Aliisaacstoryteller. Are you planning a visit to Ireland? Over the coming weeks, I’ll be featuring places in...

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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