Our Celtic Myth 2012 Yuletide Party Show is now available for download!
We celebrate the Holidays with a party attended by some of our amazing friends. You'll hear seven great pieces of music, a short poem by our resident bard, Chris Joliffe and a wonderful section from...
View ArticleSP33 The New Year Party is here – celebrate with us in style!
What a party! We rock in the New Year with an amazing party show! All of the music for the show has been provided by more of the Show Friends that you can find on the Friends of the Show page. You'll...
View ArticleCeltic Woman touring the US
Irish vocal group Celtic Woman has unfurled a long list of US dates for 2013, with concerts spread across most of the first half of the coming year.
View ArticleAmazing revival of the Manx language
Pic: Amazon The Isle of Man is undergoing a Manx Gaelic revival. The number of Manx speakers has gone up tenfold in the last twenty years. The government-sponsored Manx Heritage Foundation (Undinys...
View ArticleShrines of the Spring Goddess
Pic: Mario Corrigan The second month of the year is generally thought of as dark, damp and dreary, its only saving grace being its shortness. To the pagan Celts, however, the first of February was an...
View ArticleKris’s Archaeology quiz on Bog Bodies
Pic: Wiki Kris from About.com’s Archaeology blog has started a brilliant way to learn some basic facts about Archaeology and in this blog. he’s concentrating on the Bog Bodies. He says: Every Sunday...
View ArticleNew technology reveals questions about Hampshire origins
Four Stone Age axes, dating from a time when people had stopped hunting woolly mammoths and sabretoothed tigers and turned to farming, are giving clues to the origins of settled human life in the...
View ArticleA young face for old Merlin
Pic: BBC The BBC reports that a host of stars including John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson are set to appear in BBC One’s latest Saturday night drama, Merlin. The 13-part series follows the...
View ArticleGofannon: Celtic God of Smithcraft and Brewery
A Cymric, Brythonic and Irish God, also known as Goibniu, Gobanos, Gobannus, Cobannus: Great Smith Gofannon (Goibniu, Gobanos, Gobannus, Cobannus) is a Cymric, Brythonic and Irish god known from the...
View ArticleEurope’s oldest living being
Pic: BBC The BBC reports that an ancient Perthshire yew has made the top 10 in a list of the most important trees in the UK. The Fortingall Yew, which grows at a churchyard near Aberfeldy, could be up...
View ArticleThe Celtic League responds to Unesco’s claim that Manx is dead
The Celtic League has written to UNESCO's Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, to complain about this misrepresentation.
View ArticleReview:Mark Of A Druid By Rhonda R Carpenter
You may remember the interview we posted here with Rhonda Carpenter and Arlene Radasky.I have just finished reading Mark Of A Druid by Rhonda, and Wow! What a great read. If you are interested in...
View ArticleThe Vision of MacConglinney
CATHAL, King of Munster, was a good king and a great warrior. But there came to dwell within him a lawless evil beast, that afflicted him with hunger that ceased not, and might not be satisfied, so...
View ArticleGuest Post: Brigit: Mother of Smiths by Tira Brandon-Evans
Brigit is not only the goddess of inspiration, the Gael also call upon her for protection. Poets, doctors and smiths all practice arts requiring intelligence, skill and inspiration. Brigit is also...
View Article‘Cá bhfuil tú, a Phádraig?’– Save Tara for the Young Irish
He/she says that on Tuesday last (the 15th December 2009), the Pat Kenny radio show on RTE covered children's books written in the Irish language on the "battle to save tara".
View ArticleCelebrating the Celtic New Year
But what are the folk customs that were celebrated going back into the mists of time. These customs and rituals could give us some clues as to how the New Year was actually celebrated.
View ArticleThe Fox and The Mark of a Druid behind the scenes, pt 1
This is a first for us. Our very first interview in the field of Celtic Mythology and what a great interview it is! We are very privileged to bring you an interview with famous authors and podcasters,...
View ArticleHow the Easter Egg Came to Be
The modern belief that eggs are delivered by a rabbit, comes from the legend of the Goddess Eostre. Eostre was walking one fine Spring day and came upon a beautiful little bird. The poor bird’s wing...
View ArticleLaunch video from the beginnings of BBC Alba
The video above from YouTube is a reworking of Runrig's "Alba", first tune on the opening night on Scotland's new TV channel, BBC Alba.
View ArticleShrines of the Spring Goddess
Pic: Mario Corrigan The second month of the year is generally thought of as dark, damp and dreary, its only saving grace being its shortness. To the pagan Celts, however, the first of February was an...
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