Lora O'Brien – Irish Author & Guide

Your Authentic Connection to Ireland

Menu
  • The Irish Pagan School
  • Pagan Priesthood
  • Publications
Menu

Tag: Irish Politics

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…

Read more
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,…

Read more
Northern Ireland Map of the 6 Counties

Northern Ireland – A Beginner’s Guide

Posted on January 24, 2018February 19, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

A Beginner’s Guide?Eh…. how far back should I go? Because what you’ve heard about ‘The Troubles’ is only the tip of the iceberg, really. The Normans, perhaps? ​Strongbow was a Norman lord from Wales who started the Norman conquest of Ireland, around 1170. Though some of them ‘went native’ and were absorbed into Gaelic (Irish) culture,…

Read more
Douglas Hyde

First President of Ireland – Douglas Hyde

Posted on January 4, 2018September 3, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

‘We need not claim that in quantity and quality of achievement he was great as a writer; but we surely can say that he did write well, that he did help others to write greatly – that he did help Irish letters, in all its branches, to be native, continuous, rooted, branching and fruitful.’ Robert…

Read more
Aer Lingus

Abortion in Ireland – Did You Know?

Posted on December 29, 2017February 13, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

I went down to this little child, because she was a child… I got down on my knees in the aisle, and I asked her was she ok? She said, “No”. She was upset, and she said, she had had an abortion that afternoon in London. Now if you know anything about flying, you don’t…

Read more
© 2023 Lora O'Brien – Irish Author & Guide | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme