Ancient irish

The Celts wore brightly coloured clothes dyed with natural vegetable dyes (plants and berries) The clothes were woven by hand on a vertical loom and then the wool cloth material would be sewn together using a bone or metal needle and wool thread.

Identifier: mythslegendscelt00roll Title: Myths and legends ; the Celtic race Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920 Subjects: Celts Celts Celtic literature Legends, Celtic Publisher: Boston : Nickerson Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a…

Archaeological technology is uncovering new information about one of Ireland’s most significant but least appreciated sites, in Co Roscommon

LATE BRONZE AGE IRISH CHIEFTAIN. The Bronze Age in Ireland approximately lasted from 2500 BC to 500 BC. The material culture of the British Isles during the Late Bronze Age was part of a wider Atlantic system that extended along the western coast of France to western Spain and Portugal, which was different from the material cultures of the contemporary Nordic Bronze Age and the Urnfield culture of Central Europe and Italy. This chieftain wears a golden collar based on the Gleninsheen gorget…

The ancient Celts had many symbols, many of them revolved around a three-fold theme. Triskelion Celtic symbol meaning is a trinity of themes like: Mind, body, spirit for example. There are other meanings for each of the three branches of the triskelion. Check out the history and meaning of the triskelion symbol here.

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Explaining each mysterious Celtic symbol from ancient Irish tombs which have captivated people’s imaginations for hundreds of years.

Stone carvings in the crypt of Armagh cathedral. Some of these figures are thought to depict ancient Irish/Celtic gods.

irish kern

1:Irish piper,1540s 2:Irish chieftain,1578 3:Horseboy,1578