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The 'glib' haircut if looking for something traditional yet cutting edge, from the 1500's.
In 1517 Laurent Vital described this distinctive Irish hair style thus: ‘for they (Irish men) were shorn and shaved one palm above the ears, so that only the tops of their heads were covered with hair. But on the forehead they leave about a palm of hair to grow down to their eyebrows like a tuft of hair which one leaves hanging on horses between the two eyes’.
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Roman senator and historian, Tacitus, claimed that Ireland could be subdued with 'a single legion' & would bring prosperity to the Empire: #Tacitus
Hy-Braesil, a mythical island said to be found off Ireland's West coast. It is said to be shrouded in fog, only becoming visible once every seven years. Giant black rabbits and magicians were said to inhabit the island. It appeared on maps from the 12th-19th centuries.
Estella Solomons (1882-1968) - 'Hayfield near Rush'. This Dublin-born Jewish painter trained under both William Orpen and Walter Osborne. A member of Cumann na mBan, she was an active Republican in the War of Independence.
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The Irish #Wolfhound (Cú Faoil): loyal, fierce, dignified - protectors of the flock. Only the Irish nobility were allowed to own the breed.
King Cormac mac Airt was the prototypical European 'Wolf-man': A semi-divine leader raised by wolves, destined to found empire & golden age.
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The Irish werewolf is very different from the Germanic or European werewolf:
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The Irish werewolf is very different from the Germanic or European werewolf:
Irish werewolves are almost certainly 'in maccrad' (youths) - free, young, but landless Cú (hound/wolf) warriors. A Cú receiving Communion:
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Irish werewolves are almost certainly 'in maccrad' (youths) - free, young, but landless Cú (hound/wolf) warriors. A Cú receiving Communion:
In the 1650's Cromwell's Government issued large bounties of £5-6 per dead wolf: By 1700, wolves were extinct in most of Ireland.
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In the 1650's Cromwell's Government issued large bounties of £5-6 per dead wolf: By 1700, wolves were extinct in most of Ireland.
In the 1650's Cromwell's Government issued large bounties of £5-6 per dead wolf: By 1700, wolves were extinct in most of Ireland.
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In the 1650's Cromwell's Government issued large bounties of £5-6 per dead wolf: By 1700, wolves were extinct in most of Ireland.
The Tireragh Stone depicts the slaying of 'the last wolf in Ireland' by a wolfhound in Co Leitrim. Graphic:
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The Tireragh Stone depicts the slaying of 'the last wolf in Ireland' by a wolfhound in Co Leitrim. Graphic:
The Scottish Wulver and Irish Faoladh were a species of werewolf that inhabited the British Isles. Unlike its continental cousins, the wulver was a protector of children, the wounded & lost persons. Irish werewolves were even recruited by kings in time of war.
On This Day 1607: The Flight of the Earls. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone & Red O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell and their followers leave Ulster for mainland Europe. They sailed out of Rathmullan, Lough Swilly for Spain, never to return. It was the end of Gaelic Ireland.