Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Illustrating picture about druids sacrifices rite There are in  Ireland,  says  Keating,  as relin of Pagan times very many wide flag-stones with pillar supporting  them.    These  are called idol-altars  in  the books.    On these altars the druids were wont to make him sacrifices, and slay their male goats, their bulls rams.    The druids themselves [...]

Above: Statue of Fionn Mac Cumhaill Fionn mac Cumhaill, who was an accomplished druid, chewed his own thumb when he wished to prophesy by means of Rhyme Illumination. One of many notorious cases was when he identified the headless body of Lamna the buffoon, put to death at the instigation of Fionn’s wdfe to conceal [...]