Sacred Sites Archives - The Irish Pagan School

Autumn Equinox in Irish Paganism

ipsadminSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024

The Autumn Equinox, Cónocht an Fhómhair, is a significant time in our Irish Pagan tradition, symbolising balance between light and dark as the day and night become equal. In 2024,...

Irish Places The Gods

Lugh Comes to Tara

ipsadminJuly 29, 2024August 28, 2024

The ancient Hill of Tara holds many tales of valour and mystery. Among these is the compelling story of Lugh, the many-skilled one, who came to Tara on a cold...

Irish Places Mythology New The Gods

The Real Queen Maeve – Medb of Connacht

ipsadminJuly 15, 2024July 15, 2024

The character of Queen Maeve has come to popularity in Amazon's TV show 'The Boys' as a badass superhero with some… issues, not the least of which appears to be...

Contemporary Paganism Guest Posts Irish Places

Visiting Irish Sacred Sites

ipsadminDecember 12, 2023February 12, 2024

A timely discussion on the protection and respect of Irish sacred sites, as in recent times a disturbing trend has emerged: the desecration and deterioration of historic Irish landmarks. This...

Irish Folklore The Sidhe

What is a Sidhe?

ipsadminMarch 17, 2023July 24, 2023

Call them elves, faeries, goblins, faery, dwarves, sprites, pixies, gnomes, fay, or fae… almost every culture has them, and in Ireland we call them the Fairies, or the Sidhe. If...

Irish Places

Modern Interference with Ancient Monuments in Ireland

ipsadminSeptember 13, 2022May 11, 2023

Jon O'Sullivan, An Scéalaí Beag, writes about ancient monuments in Ireland, and how we could, or should, be engaging with them as Contemporary Pagans. The Landscape of Ireland is covered...