Category Archives: Mythology

Something profound?…

County Offally, Clonmacnoise, Monday, 25th July, 2022 *** ‘The meadow of the sons of Nos’ *** ‘Something dark and swift flitted between the grave stones. * Whether or not it was profound, only time would tell…’ Continue reading at France&Vincent

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Hare…

  *** Most subtle of the shifting forms and yet most constant too Whose moonlit transformation cannot change the heart that’s true. He hearkens to each season’s turn and reads the twilight air And listens to the inner song that … Continue reading

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Stag…

*** A silent power vigilant beneath the forest bough, No thought of past or future holds thine eye… only the Now. Part of an endless cycle of the life and death of earth Within the kernel of each death the … Continue reading

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Giants Everywhere…

County Down, Friday, 17th June, 2022… *** *** There are sections of the texts which we have been considering that relate stories which are incredibly ancient. *** *** These ancient tracts make no bones whatsoever about there being giants everywhere, … Continue reading

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Giant’s Ring…

County Down, Friday, 17th June, 2022… *** *** No one views the biblical story of David and Goliath with anything other than complete veracity. *** *** Yet the biblical time frame is nothing if not sketchy… Continue reading at France&Vincent

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Ghoul in the Crown?…

County Armagh, Thursday 16th June 2022… *** *** Notwithstanding such spectral speculations… *** *** All this does raise questions… Continue reading at France&Vincent

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The Stones of Ballynoe…

County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** We came across a number of green wyrm-holes in Cornwall and they often spat us out in wondrous locations… *** *** The same magic appears to hold sway here too! *** *** … Continue reading

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Mound of Down…

County Down, Thursday, June 16th, 2022… *** *** Such is the size and nature of these structures that the photographers art can seldom do them justice. * The front end of the enclosure is massive and since the re-encroachment of … Continue reading

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Drumskinney…

County Fermanagh, Wednesday 15th June, 2022… *** *** With these ‘fellas’ as a prelude we could be forgiven for thinking the day was to end with a bang. *** *** But what we got was a sort of summation. *** … Continue reading

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The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…

County Fermanagh, Wednesday, June 15th, 2022… *** *** Despite the plaited hair this side of the ‘Janet and John’ stone is now regarded as a masculine figure. *** *** Whilst this is the feminine. * The hair of the two … Continue reading

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