Ali Isaac
Eithne and Fedelma: ‘Unfinished Business’
Ogulla Shrine, where Eithne and Fidelma, sisters and pagan druid-princesses, mysteriously 'ascended to heaven' after meeting St. Pat.
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Ali Isaac
Feb 5, 20185 min read
The Mysterious Deaths of Eithne and Fidelma
Why did two royal pagan princesses, druids-in-training, mysteriously die after meeting St. Patrick? Smells like a cover-up story to me.
Ali Isaac
Jan 29, 20187 min read
the legend of saint dympna
Dympna, a pious Christian princess, ran away from incest with her deranged pagan father to Bruges, founding a hospital for the mentally ill.
Ali Isaac
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Planning Your Visit to Ireland? Lay Siege to a Castle!
Although Ireland is well known for its castles, they're not an Irish invention; they were built by the Anglo-Normans in the twelfth century.
Ali Isaac
Nov 27, 20172 min read
Planning Your Visit to Ireland? The Iconic Irish High Cross
Instantly recogniseable, the Irish high cross has become a familiar icon. Find out more about the high crosses of holy site, Clonmacnoise.
Ali Isaac
Nov 20, 20174 min read
More on Fore, Holy Site of the Seven Wonders
Founded by Saint Feíchin, the monastic site of Fore is known as the Holy Site of the Seven Wonders, Medieval marketing to attract pilgrims.
Ali Isaac
Nov 13, 20176 min read
Planning Your Visit to Ireland? 6 SACRED HOLY WELLS YOU MUST VISIT
Named after Christian saints, it is clear these sacred springs were sites of significance long before Patrick. Here are my Super 6.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Ali Isaac
Oct 2, 20176 min read
the peculiar case of the burning of bridget cleary
In 1895, Bridget Cleary was the last woman in Ireland to be burned as a witch.
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.
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
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
Ali Isaac
Aug 24, 20179 min read
10 Things I Learned in my First Year as a Mature Student.
An assessment of my first year as a mature student at Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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.
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
Jul 30, 20176 min read
lughnasadh, a celebration of fertility?
One of 4 ancient pre-Christian festivals, Lughnasadh was celebrated midway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox, around Aug 1st.
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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