Who Were the Celts? The terms Celt and Celtic seem familiar today— familiar enough that many people assume that they are ethnic descriptions, words that define a people related by blood and culture. Such people are imagined as fair-skinned, possibly red-haired, often freckled. More important, it is presumed they share an inborn mystical inclination. They […]
Children of Lir Irish heroine and heroes. Their story is called one of the three sorrows of ireland. Happily married to king lir, the magician’s daughter aeb gave birth first to a twin son and daughter, Aed and fionnuala. Her next pregnancy was less fortunate however, and she died giving birth to a pair of […]