The Hill of Tara and the Lia Fáil on a ludicrously cold, wet and windy Mother’s Day #StandingStoneSunday #HillofTara #LiaFáil #Meath #Ireland #Mastodaoine

The ancient #Irish game fidchell was rather like today’s cribbage, in which pegs (probably of wood, as the name means “wood wisdom”) were moved about a board. Fidchell also apparently resembled chess in being a game of strategy whose intention was the taking of the opponent’s pieces. No examples of the game board have been found, but the game appears frequently in #mythology, most memorably in the wager by the fairy king #Midir against the king of Tara, Eochaid Airem.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he was thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior …
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Nice Sunset on the #HillofTara this evening #Meath

When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he was thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his shoulders. The eyes of the young warrior were lustrous and grey; in the one hand he held a fine pointed spear, in the other a shield with a white central boss, and with gems of gold upon it.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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Se dice que Étain y su amante Midir, huyendo de sus perseguidores (historia que os contaré en otro momento), se refugiaron en esta cueva …
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Winter light on the #HillofTara. #Meath #Amateurphotography

The Lia Fáil, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. June 2013.

#StandingStoneSunday #HillofTara #Ireland

#Sunset and Moonrise on the #HillofTara, #Meath, #photography 8th December 2022.

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: One of four great magical implements of the #TuathaDéDanann, the Lia Fáil or Stone of Destiny was a great stone pillar that shrieked when touched by the true king. It came from the #Otherworld, from the magical city of Fálias. The Lia Fáil was said to stand on the great #HillofTara in #Ireland, where it was used in inauguration ceremonies of the High King. A stone still stands on Tara hill, but there is some dispute as to whether it is the true Lia Fáil.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

For #StandingStoneSunday here’s Lia Fail aka the Stone of Destiny on the Hill of Tara in #CountyMeath #Ireland. It was a very dull wet day so no beautiful rays of sunshine I’m afraid. Fantastic place to visit and I’d love to return on a less stormy, less windy day. #HillofTara

November morning on #HillofTara

November morning on #HillofTara # amateurphotography

#Conaire was led by strange #bird-warriors to #Tara, where he became the rightful High King of #Ireland as "Conaire the Great". He was the son of the supernatural bird-warrior, #Nemglan, who placed a geis on his son not to harm birds.
Source: Bridgette Slavin `The Irish Birdman: Kingship and Liminality in Buile Suibhne`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillofTara: #Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled
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When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he is thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his shoulders. The eyes of the young warrior were lustrous and grey; in the one hand he held a fine pointed spear, in the other a shield with a white central boss, and with gems of gold upon it.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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Se dice que Étain y su amante Midir, huyendo de sus perseguidores (historia que os contaré en otro momento), se refugiaron en esta cueva liderados por el rey Eochaid. Midir le comenta a un amigo que aquella cueva es como un palacio de las hadas

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Stirling, #Scotland: Just wanted to say `Hello!` and `Go raibh mhaith agat!` to the great #Celtic hero #WilliamWallace.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Medb Lethderg was the sovereignty goddess of Tara. Is it possible that the main monuments on the #HillOfTara represent this female deity of #Tara? A marriage to her `symbolised a legitimate transfer of sovereignty from one king to the next.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Medb Lethderg was the sovereignty goddess of Tara. Is it possible that the main monuments on the #HillOfTara represent this female deity of #Tara? A marriage to her `symbolised a legitimate transfer of sovereignty from one king to the next.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillofTara: #Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: The #HillOfTara is recorded as the seat of the High King of Ireland (Ard Rí). Lóegaire (Laoghaire, Láegaire, Loeguire, sometimes anglicised as Leary) was one of them.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillOfTara: On top of the Forradh, which incorporates earlier burial mounds, is a standing stone, which is believed to be the Lia Fáil ('Stone of Destiny') at which the High Kings were crowned. According to legend, the stone would let out a roar
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillOfTara: Teach Chormaic ('Cormac's House') lies within the Ráth na Ríogh. Together with the Forradh or Royal Seat the two round, double-ditched enclosures make a figure-of-eight shape. 
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney on the #HillOfTara: Teach Chormaic ('Cormac's House') lies within the Ráth na Ríogh. Together with the Forradh or Royal Seat the two round, double-ditched enclosures make a figure-of-eight shape. 
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