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Early Irish Feminist Aviator Lady Mary Heath

Lady Mary Heath – Irish Aviator

Posted on January 5, 2019February 10, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

When just 1 year old, she sat on her kitchen floor in a pool of blood, beside a mother who would never move again. This is not the opening scene of a modern crime tv show, but the start of life in 1890’s rural Ireland for one of the world’s most daring and trailblazing aviators,…

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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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Mórrígan's Army

Is the Mórrígan Recruiting?

Posted on June 19, 2018September 24, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

As part of our annual 6 month Intensive Programme, I answer questions from students who want to know more about the Irish Goddess 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 daily service (and…

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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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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,…

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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…

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The Irish National Anthem

Posted on January 2, 2018November 14, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

National Anthems come about, not because of the suitability of the particular words or notes, but because they are adopted generally by the nation. That is exactly how the “Soldiers’ Song” became a National Anthem in this country. It happened to be the Anthem on the lips of the people when they came into their…

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Vinegar Hill

Posted on January 1, 2018November 14, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

In 1798, the United Irishmen Rebellion – between May and September – led to over 20,000 deaths, and some estimates would place the toll as high as 50,000.  The Irish were still suffering under the Penal Laws, a system of rule which was called “a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, as well fitted for…

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