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.

'Going to Mass' - Estella Solomons, 1940's, West of Ireland.

King Cormac mac Airt was the prototypical European 'Wolf-man': A semi-divine leader raised by wolves, destined to found empire & golden age.

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:

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:

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.

James Connolly denouncing Irish politicians who agree with partition parliaments functioning in Ireland.