Greetings list - there was a discussion here a while back on the origins and usage of the harp symbol in official Ireland and in heraldry etcetera. I have come...
The Burren Wildlife S...
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May 8, 2005 10:14 pm
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Dear all, Does anybody know of any research into the indigenous peoples of Ireland? Regards Ciaran Hughes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
How about organizing a party to fast against Mr. Ahern for authorizing the M3? Ellen _____________________________________ Ellen Evert Hopman, herbalist,...
If there is still a hope of getting the decision reversed, it is in line wirth Brehon law, and it would have some hope at least of succeeding. I would...
... the Iron> Age, there seems to have been little if any contact between "Celtic" (or> "pre-Celtic") and "Skythian" (or "pre- Skythian") societies. As such,...
Just a jab in the dark, but given the jealous, fighting nature of Irish Men in general, I severely doubt polyandry existed ;) Just a cultural note, well...
... are less ... are ... looking to them ... Ellen, I think you are jumping the gun there. The whole body of Brehon law has yet to be all read, interpreted or...
Sharon writes: ". . .was unequal to various others and this was considered the proper arrangement of the world, and the only relevant question about what was...
... Dear Sharon, Spoken like a true druid, ifin ever there was one:) hehe... Krossa (crossan, etc... old fili family). Gosh I crack myself up. Twyman be...
Hi Amy, while I agree that this isn't a Celtic history board, we can well take the discussion to one of those available (e.g. Celtic-L). Anyway, one ... I am...
There is plenty of evidence of trade amongst these folk strait from India all the way to Ireland, through greece, from the far east, and else where... silks,...
Hi, sigh. From: Ellen Evert Hopman ... Actually no, they hadn't. The assessment of Hundt, that (Chinese) silk had been found in the Hochdorf burial has in the...
WELL.... (grin) i don't talk alot on this forum.but thot i would intrude abit on this topic... 1. laws are/were applied as directly as one has political pull...
... From: "john Fain" "... it does one good to remember that are ancestors were folk not to different than us.. after all." I agree, John. That is so often...
Janet Crawford
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Jun 2, 2005 11:08 am
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well, more than just the money i think,.. it is pretty much my understanding that alot of ones social status in society, was pretty well settled at birth by...
A question has come up off-list as to what is really meant by "subject tribes". Does it mean an inferior group, or not of the same origin of the ruling group?...
Janet Crawford
reojan@...
Jun 3, 2005 8:36 pm
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Hello everyone. I hope you're healthy and well. I recently was sent this link from a friend: http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/authenticity/gaelic/ ...
im getting married soon and I'd like to have another cerimony according to Brehon Law. "The marriage of a year and a day would require a member of na filleach...
... What are you quoting from? To the best of my knowledge Brehon law did not include any "marriage of a year and a day", so my suspicion is that much of the...
Ellen, I think the question you asked about polyandry, and more importantly the status of Women in the Iron Age is important. I think several here have pooh...
Um, Ray, Druids (friggin Pliny) were KNOWN to speak Greek throughout the isles PRIOR to the Christian or even the Roman invasions. Alexander the Great and his...
Hi, ... No, druids were KNOWN to USE Greek in Gaul (i.e. mainly France). In France, we even actually do find Gallo-Greek texts from the late Iron Age. See eg....
Hi My name is Desmond Swords and I have just stumbled across this list and am starting to read it from the first post, so it will be a few months before I am...
... What question she asked about polyandry and the status of women in the Iron Age? Especially when you reply to comments over four months after they were...
Could anyone please give me a citation for the following quote attributed to the Elizabethan Attorney General of Ireland, Sir John Davis: "There is no nation...
read Davies: its a short document! DOC ... From: fenechas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fenechas@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Harry Hardbottle Sent: 10 September...
O'Corrain, Donnchadh
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Sep 22, 2005 4:20 pm
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See Sir John Davies, Discovery of the True Cause why Ireland was never entirely Subdued till the beginning of His Majestyąs Reign (1612), p. 287 - as cited...
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Sep 24, 2005 10:00 am
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I would be very grateful for anyone's response to 2 things. 1 - The Auraicept Na N-eces text; what the current thinking is that this text relates to and 2 -...