#Irish Numbers

[learnelle]

Do you ever just get so tired and end up writing secononondly, unsure why it looks a lil off 👁👁

#3 french exams on Friday weeeelp #But I’m feeling so down because I wasn’t confident enough to pay €100+ to do the DELF b2 exam last week #Yesterday I was told that everyone passed the B2 DELF - even those who are doing the B1 uni course instead #And so it got me thinking why do I just * not * believe in my exam taking ability when people in the B1 course can pass the B2 🫠 #(( I am super happy for them though !!! Especially for two ppl who can now apply to uni courses in January like they wanted ! )) #Hopefully I can pass in March 🤞 #I just want that diploma so I can stop paying €900-2700 every year in Irish uni tuition fees 😭 #Also it would be nice to have a lil paper saying I can do ze French a bit #Because some days I feel like my french skills are non existent ( like yesterday when it took wayyy too long to compute the number 95 )

[moghedien]

apparently it’s a thing with past life regression tik tokers that a lot of them like to claim they were burned as witches in Ireland in the past lives

Like, ah yes, Ireland.

The one country where, during the height of the witch craze in Europe, there were barely any witchcraft trials.

I’m sure you were a witch there

#like I’m pretty sure the number of people executed for witchcraft in Ireland #during the witch craze at least #is in the single or double digits #like it’s INSANELY low compared to the rest of Europe and even America #so claiming to be an executed Irish witch from the 1500-1600s #is like the ONE country you could pick that immediately proves you wrong #people know we have like historical records of the past and all right?

[irishthings]

#ireland #irish #Dressed like an 085 number is destroying me

[doctorqueensanatomy]

#posting on here too as its done NUMBERs on the twt #steve harrington #catholic steve harrington #bi steve harrington #italian steve harrington #irish steve harrington #stranger things #stranger things meme #sheamus speaks

[isa-ah]

it really sucks that the kind of men I'm attracted to are so demonized. I'm from Appalachia! I like those quiet rugged broke mountain men! fat men hairy men autistic men mute men impoverished men making do- ideally all of the above. but when have ANY of those traits ever been on a man that wasnt a villain? or written to be a freak? nvm in a GAY romance. fucking suckage.

#so tired of seeing people like me treated like shit im basically any media theyre in #when has a man with even 2 of those traits been a love interest nvm 3+ #the number of the hills have eyes and deliversnce jokes ive had to hear in my life about it. man. #appalachia is a melting pot of irish immigrants freed slaves and choctaw tribes. the well of culture runs DEEP #and dont even get me started on the marketability done to 'cryptids' and how the superstitions and stories are used in horror media esp #it fucking SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lifemod17]

I wonder if he's told him yet that they finally got their first # 1 🥺

SUCH A WELL DESERVED # 1 I AM SO PROUD OF HIM

#Imagine the copious amounts of joy I felt when I woke up and saw this news #ALSO he would be the first Irish artist to get a number one spot since 34 years ago. INSANE. #man deserves the world I am so very happy for him #hozier #andrew hozier byrne #too sweet #unheard ep #billboard hot 100

[ceo-draiochta]

Lughnasadh in the Modern Day

The ancient festival of Lúnasa is one of the 4 celtic fire festivals celebrated on the turn of the seasons. The other 3 festivals all have very clear christian reinterpretations. Those being All Hallows Eve, St Brigids day and May day. However Lúnasa also has a number of modern day christian holidays associated with it in much the same way.

(Linked sources in brackets)

Names

The modern festival goes by many names: Domnach Lúnasa, Lá Lúnasa, Domnach Crom Dubh, Bilberry Sunday and most commonly as either Reek Sunday or Garland Sunday. (1)(2)

Hill Climbing & Holy Wells

This is a day where the mountain of Croagh Patrick is visited, the pilgrimage consists of climbing the mountain while taking stops at certain stone cairns, where one walks in circles around them a set number of times while reciting specific prayers. There are 3 major sections where this is done(3). This is still observed today(4). It is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.

(Croagh Patrick)

This, while observed throughout the country, is not the only such celebration. Many towns climb their respective hills on this day such as those around Keash Hill in Sligo(2)(5)(11), Slive Donard in Down(6), and Máméan in Galway (7). Holy wells are also visited on this day such as in Cappagh, Galway(8), Ballyfa, Galway(9) and Ballyhaunis, Mayo (12). In some cases a procession from the Holy Well to the hill takes place (2)(7)(11)

(Máméan)

An interesting example of this was the Tullaghan Hill holy well in county Sligo, where the Holy Well was on a hill specifically the Ox mountains. This specific well used to be visited on Garland Sunday but is no longer as the festival that followed this visit evoked too much "secular fun" (10).

Festivals

Fairs and celebrations seem to be a core feature of this Lúnasa Tradition, with the aforementioned Tullaghan Hill fair, The Old Fair Day in Tubbercurry, county Sligo (13) and Fair Day in Kenmare, Kerry(14). These are usually celebrated in the second week on August, i.e. a week or two after the religious excursion.

The Puck Fair is festival in Killorglin, county Kerry. It is celebrated in the second week of August and involves crowning a specific goat "king" and parading them around while a large fair takes place(15).

(Puck Fair)

Mythology

In the dinseanchas entry for Nás, the death and burial of two of the wives of Lugh are described, with Bui having been buried on the Hill of Cnogba. Where it is said that "The hosts of the pure Gaels came to bewail the women". Suggesting that there was a precession to the Hill she was buried. There was then said to be mass mourning which grew into a great assembly. These events were said to have contributed to the beginning of the festival of Taltiu, which is to say Lúnasa. (16)

Pagan Connection

The pagan connection is quite clear to see, with Holy wells long being sites of pre-Christian worship, it is little coincidence that they are visited around the time of Lúnasa. The climbing of a hill seems to be widely practiced over the country and directly connects to the Dinseanchas story of the beginning of the Lúnasa festival in where a hill was climbed to reach a grave for mourning. The fact that Keash Hil (Ceis Corran) and Croagh Patrick are both home to ancient megalithic cairns, which are commonly connected with the Otherworld is also an interesting point.

Lúnasa being an Aonach, a funeral festival for the foster mother of Lugh, Tailtiu does tie directly into the occurrence of festivals around this time.

Practices to Adopt

It seems clear now that visiting watery sites such as wells and climbing hills to worship, as well as large scale festivals and merriment are a key part of how Lúnasa has continued to be celebrated and should be incorporated into a modern Irish pagan practice.

#irish paganism #celtic paganism #gaelic paganism #ireland #féile #Lúnasa #lughnasadh #irish reconstructionist #irish reconstructionism #irish polytheism #celtic polytheism #gaelic polytheism #wheel of the year #witch #witchblr #paganism #the source numbers got a little out of order dont mind that though #irish mythology #mine

[plant-ago]

In honor of arc three of @worldsbeyondpod starting this week, here's a little ditty I wrote for Ame.

#It's not REELy a REEL #I tried my best #Cricket Attempts Valiantly to Play Irish-Inspired Music Part 2/? #anyway #worlds beyond number #wbn #wwwo #the wizard the witch and the wild one #aabria iyengar #brennan lee mulligan #erika ishii #lou wilson #suvirin kedberiket #witch of the worlds heart #eursulon #crickets tunes #original music

[blood-orange-juice]

To everyone making fun of His Grace's love of tea: you don't understand, it's the main form of emotional regulation among British people.

If he's offering tea things are bad.

#genshin leaks #fontaine tea party #wriothesley #iirc one of the irish tea brands used to print a suicide hotline number on the inside of tea boxes #because a distressed person is very likely to find it there #idk if brits have anything like it but same principle

[salamanderpie]

Yeehawgust: On the Prowl

#red dead redemption 2 #read dead online #wild horses #oc: ken ohara #number one irish horsegirl in new hanover.

[brainrockets]

Communal singing in the aftermath of danger is such a sick move. SOUNDTRACK WHEN!?

#brennan lee mulligan #brennan i am irish lee mulligan #arc 1 finale #wbn spoilers #wbn pod #twtwatwo #worlds beyond number #erika ishii #aabria iyengar #lou wilson #taylor moore

[irishthings]

#ireland #irish #Pat shortt #Jumbo breakfast roll kept Shakira off the number 1 spot and don't forget it

[werewolfetone]

The ego boost seeing someone else think this is giving me rn

#he's sooo right like... the number of books I've read which are frighteningly circular in their discussion of sectarianism or else offer #no explanation for it. get them bardon #reading #irish history #jory.txt

[lookingforhappy]

ill admit ive been swayed on the irish five front. its fine. but i think im still gonna make welsh five my entire personality... idk y i just like the idea of wales better than ireland (no offence ireland)

so anyway heres the kinda town i liked the idea of five coming from (since his newspaper said coastal these are all coastal)

1.

Tenby

2.

Aberystwyth

3.

New Quay

4.

Conwy

and then for u irish five stans i picked out a few coastal towns for ur irish five needs bc honestly fuck dublin y does everything have to be a capital city istg

1.

Cobh

2.

Clifden

3.

Westport

4.

Dingle

idk i just wanted a bunch of easy ref photos but u can have this too if u want

#tua #the umbrella academy #five hargreeves #number 5 #irish five #welsh five #some times im stupid #but i like welsh five #ill die on this hill i think #just like quieter tho maybe

[vyorei]

I mean that was said about the Galaxy Leader too but that turned out to be owned by an Israeli billionaire so I'm not trusting anyone from Apartheid Israel to be honest here and CERTAINLY not fucking DANIEL "IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT A CALENDAR" HAGARI

So when someone whose word has worth verifies, I'll believe it then.

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Yemen #Houthis #Red Sea #Daniel Hagari #Daniel Hagari Kill Yourself Challenge #Unity Explorer #Number 9 #Galaxy Leader #December

[lovinthatfandom]

Five's mom was an Irish butcher. Yeah...that checks out

#He def gives Irish mob vibes #and why not a butcher? She cleaved meat he cleaves people #it suddenly makes sense #tua #five hargreeves #number five the boy #the umbrella academy #tua five #tua season 3