Saint Bridget's Abbey is the only known case of the voluntary mass conversion of a pagan cult going back to prehistoric times to Christianity. The Battle of Dublin was the first major defeat for the Viking Raiders terrorizing Western Europe in the Dark Ages and Ireland was the first conquest...
The emergence of Christianity and the fact that monks were the first to record Celtic tales have created many Christian myths with distinct Celtic elements. These stories include Saint Patrick banishing demons fromCroagh Patrick, casting out snakes (who were important beings to pagan druids) from ...
It’s an interesting biography. I was particularly struck by the suggestion that Patrick may have been exceeding his authority in converting the pagan Irish, and that he got into trouble with the Church authorities for it. In the fifth century I imagine it still wouldn’t have been too hard...
1 February marks St. Brigid’s day. This Irish traditional holiday is celebrated on the same day that the Celtic Pagan festival of Imbolc was held. Imbolc celebrated thePagan GoddessBrigit and marked the halfway point between Winter and the Spring Equinox. On St. Brigid’s Day, it is custo...
holy places, more pagan than Christian. In 1867, when Yeats was only two, his family moved to London, but he spent much of his boyhood and school holidays inSligowith his grandparents. This country—its scenery, folklore, and supernatural legend—would colour Yeats’s work and form the ...
holy places, more pagan than Christian. In 1867, when Yeats was only two, his family moved to London, but he spent much of his boyhood and school holidays inSligowith his grandparents. This country—its scenery, folklore, and supernatural legend—would colour Yeats’s work and form the ...