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    • Immersion 1 – Nine Waves – Introduction to Irish Myth, The Cycles and Silver Branch Perception
      • Wave 1: The Voyage Of Bran
      • Wave 2 – The Cesair Journey
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      • Wave 4 – The Settling of the Manor of Tara
      • Wave 5 – Cú Chulainn: Romantic Cultural Hero
      • Wave 6 – Cú Chulainn as a Tragic Hero
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      • Wave 8 – Conaire Mór: The Exemplary King
      • Wave 9 – Niall of the Nine Hostages
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      • Wave 1 – Birth and Boyhood Deeds of Fionn MacCumhail
      • Wave 2 – Fionn and the Fianna
      • Wave 3 – Oisin and Niamh
      • Wave 4 – Diarmuid and Grainne
      • Wave 5 – Parthalon
      • Wave 6 – Nemed and the Fir Bolg
      • Wave 7 – Balor of the Evil Eye
      • Wave 8 – Cormac MacAirt
      • Wave 9 – Mongan
    • Immersion 3 – Exile, Migration and Return: Voyages and Adventures
      • Wave 1 – Deirdre of the Sorrows
      • Wave 2 – Midir and Etain
      • Wave 3 – The Children of Lir
      • Wave 4 – The One Jealousy of Emer: Cuchulain and Fand
      • Wave 5 – The Voyage of Mael Duin
      • Wave 6 – Brendan The Navigator
      • Wave 7 – The Voyage of Bran
      • Wave 8 – The dream of Oenghus
      • Wave 9 – Brigit and the Tuatha
      • Wave 10 – Columcille and the Celtic Christianity
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Wave 1 – Deirdre of the Sorrows

By Bard Mythologies

Classic Love Story: Prophecy meets Free Will This is one of the three great love stories in the Irish Myth tradition.  King Conor MacNessa had taken the kingship from his foster father, Fergus Mac Rioch for a year but had shown such wisdom that it was decided he should stay on as king.  Shortly after […]

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Wave 9 – Mongan

By Bard Mythologies

A King with remarkable gifts Mongan’s story begins before he was born.  His father, Fiachra Finn, joint King of Ulster with Fiachra Dubh is at war with the King of Scandinavia over a deal with an old hag that the King has failed to honour.  As he arrives in Scandinavia a herd of venomous sheep […]

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Wave 8 – Cormac MacAirt

By Bard Mythologies

Ireland’s exemplary High King and the Importance of Truth Cormac MacAirt is seen as Ireland’s greatest high king and said to be the codifier of the remarkable Brehon Laws, a system of restorative justice.  This story tells of his journey to wisdom. He is the son of Art who is killed during his battle with […]

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Wave 7 – Balor of the Evil Eye

By Bard Mythologies

The Second Battle of Moytura – Cosmic Battle between good and evil? The Fir Bolg were the sensible, hard-working and humble people who ruled in Ireland for a short period of time until a shining beautiful peoples arrived in a magical mist and promptly buried their boats indicating they were here to stay.  These were […]

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Wave 6 – Nemed and the Fir Bolg

By Bard Mythologies

Mythology of the Not Chosen A – NemediansHope, Greed, Oppression and Anger The land of Ireland lay empty after Partholon’s passing for thirty years.  Another group of people then arrived, led by Nemed, who was a distant relative of Partholon.  These people made huge change to the landscape clearing twelve plains and firmly marking their […]

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Wave 5 – Parthalon

By Bard Mythologies

Cursed to create nothing, create for millennia Partholón and his people were the second great invasion in Lebor Gabála.  This giant of a man travelled with his family and people all the way from Sicily.  He was cursed to create nothing after committing the ultimate crime of patricide and matricide to ensure his brother ascended […]

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