According to #Irish legend, around 200 BC the "School for Heroes" was run by the #Scottish warrior queen and martial arts teacher #Scáthach at this fortress, near Tarskavaig on the #IsleOfSkye. Dún Scáith, the `Fortress of Shadows`, was the place where #Scáthach, the Shadowy, trained the hero #CúChulainn in the arts of combat.
Source: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk #Celtic
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She was the greatest teacher of arms of her age: all the warriors of Alba and Eire sent their sons and daughters to learn to fight u…
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It`s interesting to note that #Ireland’s two most legendary heroes were both taught their warrior skills by women. #CúChulain travelled to the home of #Scathach, a female teacher of the battle arts, who lived on an island off the coast of #Scotland. „Her fame had spread far and wide, and many came to her to study and hone their military skills. She had, however, made an enemy in the form of #Aoife, her sister. On one occasion, CúChulain took Scathach’s place in a contest of single combat against Aoife, seemingly unfazed at the prospect of fighting a woman.“
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at Dún Scáith on the #IsleOfSkye: #Scáthach was reputed to train only those young warriors already skilled and brave enough to penetrate the many defences of her fortress and gain access. 
Scáthach appears in the Irish legends because one of those who
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at Dún Scáith on the #IsleOfSkye: #Scáthach was reputed to train only those young warriors already skilled and brave enough to penetrate the many defences of her fortress and gain access. 
Scáthach appears in the Irish legends because one of those who
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: The #IsleOfSkye (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach; also Eilean a' Cheò, Isle of Mist) is the largest island of the Inner #Hebrides. #Scathach is said to have lived on the Isle of Skye as Amazon Queen, from which #Skye took its name.
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