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The Feis of Tara

Ollamh Fodla reigned for thirty years. An ollamh in wisdom and knowledge, he established the Feis of Tara. Here in the course of time the nobles and ollamhs of the land met every third year, at Samhain, to lay down and renew laws and statutes and approve the annals and records of the nation. The [...]

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Earliest Panoply Attainment

Eanna Airgthioch who succeeded to the throne was the first to have silver shields made, at Airgeadros, and bestowed mi the men of Ireland. The succeeding reigns present little of note except that in the third, that of Fiachaidh Fionn-Scothach, wine flowers were pressed into goblets. Which brings us to Muineamhon, the first king to [...]

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