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An attempt has been made to encompass all aspects of life in the …

These two charms, the Crosh Bollan (fig. 1), and Thor’s Hammer (fig. 2), …

This photograph is of Mrs Mary Gilrea spinning outside her sod house on …

Almost every week (usually via facebook) I am asked for links to help …

Written on the back of this photograph it reads: “Sophy was a real …

The Ballaragh Spiral Stone, found by the old road through the Abbeylands of …

On many of the quarterland farms on the Island, it was always the …

Long centuries ago, when Manannan Mac Lir was ruling in Mann, and when …

A way back in the times long past there was a woman called …

Every ditch had to be full of rain or snow on St Bridget’s …

Seven hundred years ago and three added on to that, and on a …

“O Manannan, Lord of the stormy headlands, Cast thy mantle over us now!” …

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