Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Book of Kells Taimhlidhe and Tamhlorgain are the oldest writing appliances on record. They were birch tablets and staves, often coated with wax, on which the inscription was impressed with a graph or style. These were in use in Pagan times and subsequently. Bards were entitled to use the tamhlorga for protection against dogs.1 [...]

Above: Ruins of old Irish Church Proceeding southwards through Tirerrill, says Tirec, he founded churches at Tamhnach, Echenach, Ceall A and   Ceall   Seanchua.    Over   the   latter   he   placed   bi Caireall, at whose consecration Bron and Bite assisted, founded another church at Diseart Nodhain . Easter near the southern limit of Moylurg.    And turning north to [...]