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Irish Paganism Q&A with Lora O’Brien

Posted on July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 by Lora O'Brien

A while back, I was interviewed by a student named Hannah for their college research, and I thought others might be interested in the Irish Paganism Q&A that resulted from the interview. What would you say is the overall conception of the world and the place of humans in Irish Paganism? Overall, I believe native…

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Four Leaf Clover on a Family Tree for Irish Ancestry

Do You Need Irish Ancestry To Follow Irish Paganism?

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 by Lora O'Brien

Spoiler Alert! No. You don’t. The Number One reason we hear for folk joining the Irish Pagan School comes down to an Irish heritage connection or Irish ancestry… which is grand, and good for you if you have that and want to explore it! I’m here today to be the killjoy that tells you though…

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Irish Genealogy - Seeking Your Irish Ancestors

Seeking Your Irish Ancestors – Irish Genealogy Tourism

Posted on July 30, 2018November 14, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

It’d be fair to say that the Irish have always had a bit of a wanderlust. Which goes someway to explaining why Irish Genealogy is so popular. Sometimes, our travel has been caused more by necessity than the desire to see new sights. Although I guess if your sights at home were as horrific as…

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Portrait of Aleen Cust, Ireland's first female veterinarian

Ireland’s First Female Veterinarian

Posted on July 4, 2018September 25, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

Veterinarians have been around for quite a while now. From the Egyptian king Piyadasi, who made medicines available to animals as well as humans in 1900 BCE, and the Roman ‘Veterinarius’ who were mostly military doctors just for animals – we can trace the development of the field to the first official organisation – when…

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Worties - Irish Cabbage for Medieval Cooking

Irish Medieval Cooking – Worties

Posted on July 2, 2018September 25, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

‘Worties’ was the common name in Ireland, from the English ‘wortes’, which were vegetable greens and members of the onion family, such as cabbage leaves, spinach, beet greens, leeks, wild garlic leaves and so on, as well as some of the leafy herbs used for seasonings, like borage, parsley, and sage. When cooked together with…

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Red Haired Woman in a Crowd

The Mórrígan and Her Sisters

Posted on June 11, 2018September 25, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

As part of our annual 6 month Intensive Programme, I answer questions from students who want to know more about our Irish Goddess The Mórrígan, with whom I have had a solid working relationship for about 15 years now… and the last 13 of them as Her priest. 8 of those years were spent in…

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Don't be a Celtic Racist

Don’t be a ‘Celtic’ Racist…

Posted on June 10, 2018September 3, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

This blog has a lot of new visitors, and I’m really glad to see that! But I also don’t want to be fooling anyone into being a part of a community with me if the fit isn’t right either, you know? So, I figured I’d give ye a little dose of who I really am,…

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The Banshee on a yacht in Italy

The Banshee in Italy

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

Let’s go now to a lake away in Italy, where a group of distinguished visitors – all elegant and intelligent folk, we can be assured – had gathered on the private yacht of a good friend of theirs, an Italian Nobleman by the name of Count Neilsini. He was a proper gentleman, of refined tastes…

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Irish Folk Magic – Local Cures

Posted on March 13, 2018June 8, 2020 by Lora O'Brien

A cure of warts is to squeeze the milk out of a weed called the penny leaf. This milk is called the fairies’ milk.   Goat’s milk is a cure for sore eyes or bad feet or many other things. An ointment can be made from goats’ milk to draw boils. To cure a blast,…

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This is NOT how you get an Irish Accent

On Irish Ancestry and Being Irish

Posted on February 11, 2018August 1, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

… This ‘Irish Accent’ shit though. And leprechaun hats and lucky charms and a ‘Brigid Oracle’ machine and ‘Irish Yoga’ memes – well, begosh and begorra sure aren’t all the Oirish quaint and charming funny drunks?! Ok, so that’s the frustrated rant part over. Well, the rant part at least. Ok, so I MAY rant…

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