The Art of Ireland

Prof. Tina Waldeier Bizzarro

Factsheet

Inishmore, Aran Islands
Turoe, Co. Galway
Delphi
Omphalos Stone
Petrie Crown, Iron Age
Box lid, Somserset, Co. Galway

Tain Bo Chuailgne
Queen Medb
King Hillill (Aillill)
Emain Macha - palace of King Conchobar
Fergus - Ferdiah
Cu Chulainn

Storytelling (from Rees & Rees)

Four Irish Cycles:

  1. Mythological Cycle
            -Tuath de Danann
            -Goddess of Danann
            -Sons of Mil
  2. Ulster Cycle
            -Conchobar of Ulster
            -King Cu Chulainn
  3. Fenian Cycle
            -Finn Mac Cumaill
            -Ossian Cycle (because of Ossian, son)
  4. Historical Cycle

Five groups of invaders before ancestors of Gaels arrived:

  1. Cessair (a woman)
  2. Partholon (a man)
  3. Nemed (a man)
  4. Fir Bolg ("Fir" means Men)
  5. Tuatha de Danaan (a woman, the goddess Danaan)



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