Quick Overview of Irish Religion

 

The Tuatha Dé Danaan The Second Battle of Mag Tured The Landing of the Gael Amairgin's "The Mystery": Ireland's First Poem The Battle of Tailltin Bodb Dearg The Dagda Angus Og The Fennian Cycle Cormac Mac Art in the Land of Sidhe The Birth of Finn mac Cumhal The Birth of Oisin Oisin and Niam The Fate of the Children of Lir The Wooing of Etain

The Ulster Cycle Táin Bó Cúalnge (The Cattle-Raid of Cooley) from the Book of Leinster The Táin: Quarrel of the Pig-keepers The Boyhood Deeds of Cu Chulainn Bricriu's Feast The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne Later Traditions The Voyage of Bran mac Febal Sixth Century Poem of Brehon Law Ten Levels of Brehon Marriage The Statutes of Kilkenny (1367) Peter Beresford Ellis on the Toscad Anonymous Poem: "Oisin" Images of Pre-Christian Ireland

Web Resources Brehon Law (Part of Social History of Ancient Ireland) The Brehon Law Project: Law, Literature and Legend Recommended Reading Bradshaw, Bendan and Keogh, Daire. Christianity in Ireland: Revisiting the Story (Columba, 2003) Ellis, Peter Beresford. The Druids (Eerdmans, 1998) ________________. Dictionary of Irish Mythology (ABC-Clio, 1989) Green, Miranda. Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and Mothers (George Braziller, 1996) Power, Patrick C. Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland (Dufour, 1976) Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night (Oxford, 2002)

 
These stories are adapted from public domain sources.

 
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