The cattle raid of Cooley
Táin Bó Cúailnge, "the driving-off of cows of Cooley", commonly known as The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin is a legendary tale from early Irish literature, often considered an epic, although it is...
19 Jul 20141min
Eamhain Mhacha
Navan Fort, in Modern Irish Eamhain Mhacha is an ancient monument in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. According to Irish mythology, it was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland ...
19 Jul 20141min
Nessa
Nessa, or Ness, is a princess of the Ulaid and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her father is Eochaid Sálbuide, king of the Ulaid. According to one version o...
19 Jul 201447s
Labhra Loingseach
Hear about an Irish king with not one, but two very big secrets tnat will result in death to anyone who discovers the truth!
19 Jul 201457s
Inishowen placenames
Mary Murphy tells us the placename in English, Sean McMahon tells us how it is pronounced in Irish, then Mary tells us what that Irish wording means thus giving the etymology of the place. Starting wi...
19 Jul 20142min
Grainne
Gráinne (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾˠaːn̪ʲə]) is the daughter of Cormac mac Airt in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. She is one of the central figures in the Middle Irish text Finn and Gráinne and m...
19 Jul 20141min
The Morrígan
Speaker: Mary Murphy The Morrígan ("phantom queen") or Mórrígan ("great queen"), also written as Morrígu or in the plural as Morrígna, and spelt Morríghan or Mór-ríoghain in Modern Irish, is a figure...
19 Jul 201457s
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill transcribed in English as Finn McCool or Finn MacCoul, was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man. The stori...
19 Jul 20141min
