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Anann - another name for the Morrígan; Beag - minor goddess, known for possessing a magic well; Bé Chuille - sorceress of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Bébinn - goddess associated with birth; Boann - goddess of the River Boyne; Brea - minor god of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Bres - unpopular and treacherous fomorian king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
The Celtic leaf-crown (German: Blattkrone) is a motif of Celtic art from the early La Tène period. A leaf-crown is composed of two broad lobe-shaped elements. The crowns adorn the heads of anthropomorphic figures, almost always male and often bearded. The lobes have been identified with mistletoe leaves. The interpretation of this motif is ...
Jonathan Fisher (fl. 1763–1809) – painter, engraver, and printmaker of aquatints of Irish scenery; Mary Fitzgerald (born 1956) – member of Aosdana, lives and works in Dublin and Co. Waterford; Jim Fitzpatrick (born 1944) – artist, especially of Irish Celtic art; T.P. Flanagan (1929–2011) – landscapes; John Henry Foley (1818–1874 ...
The British Isles already had a mythological tradition of triple Mother goddesses such as the Irish gods Danu, Macha and Boann. [27] From surviving artefacts, it can be assumed that both multi-headed (as with the Irish "Dreenan" figure on Boa Island and the Corraghy Heads) or multi-faced idols were a common part of Celtic iconography. Such ...
A Latin name for the Gauls, Galli (pl.), may come from a Celtic ethnic name, perhaps borrowed into Latin during the Celtic expansion into Italy from the early fifth century BC. Its root may be Proto-Celtic *galno , meaning "power, strength" (whence Old Irish gal "boldness, ferocity", Welsh gallu "to be able, power").
Corleck Hill's Irish name is Sliabh na Trí nDée (the "Hill of the Three Gods"). [12] The literary evidence indicates that the hill was a significant druidic (the priestly caste in ancient Celtic cultures) site of worship during the Iron Age, [13] [14] and was traditionally known as once being "the pulse of Ireland".
The Corraghy Heads was the name given to two physically connected Iron Age stone idols uncovered c. 1855 in the townland of Drumeague, County Cavan, Ireland. The sculpture consisted of a two-headed or double idol janus structure of a human and ram's head linked by a long cross-piece.
Michael Gambon (1940–2023) (Irish-English) Gillian Hanna (1944–2019) John Kavanagh (born 1946) Donal McCann (1943–1999) Barry McGovern (born 1948) Dearbhla Molloy (born 1946) Eamon Morrissey (born 1943) Sam Neill (born 1947) (Irish-New Zealander) Joe Pilkington (1940–1999) Stephen Rea (born 1946) Anita Reeves (1948–2016)