LeapLore

08/03/2024

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LeapLore are from West Cork Ireland. They create Mythology greeting cards, Celtic calendars, Tarot cards and Oracle Cards using photographs of local people.

24/02/2024

Some of our group went on another adventure today. We visited the Fairy Ring at O'Keeffes Fort and then to the Stone Circle at Reenascreena. Afterwards back to the cottage for coffee, herbal tea and homemade flapjacks! You can tell Ostara is on the way with all the beautiful new life shooting up from the ground and the buds growing on the trees. What a magical day 🙏

21/02/2024

The Hill of Uisneach | Westmeath

Near Mullingar lies the legendary Hill of Uisneach. In ancient Ireland, it was considered by druids to be the geographical and spiritual centre of the Emerald Isle. A rock known as Cat Stone, the Irish name “Ail na Mireann” means “stone of division”, marks the point where all five Irish provinces met. Éiru, in modern Irish Éire, is said to be buried under this rock. She is Ireland’s patron goddess.

The Hill of Uisneach or Ushnagh (Irish: Uisneach or Cnoc Uisnigh) is a hill and ancient ceremonial site in the barony of Rathconrath in Co Westmeath. It is a protected national monument. It consists of numerous monuments and earthworks—prehistoric and medieval—including a probable megalithic tomb, burial mounds, enclosures, standing stones, holy wells and a medieval road. Uisneach is near the geographical centre of Ireland, and in Irish mythology it is deemed to be the symbolic and sacred centre of the island. It was said to be the burial place of the mythical Tuatha Dé Danann, and a place of assembly associated with the druids and the festival of Bealtaine.

The site consists of a set of monuments and earthworks spread over two square kilometres. About twenty are visible, and the remains of at least twenty others have been identified under the ground. They include a probable megalithic tomb, burial mounds, enclosures, standing stones, holy wells and a medieval road. They date from the Neolithic to the early Middle Ages, showing that the site has been the focus of human activity for about 5,000 years. Several sites were excavated in the 1920s by R.A.S. Macalister and R. Praeger.

The summit is 182 metres (597 ft) above sea level and lies north of the R390 road, 8 km east of the village of Ballymore and beside the village of Loughanavally. The hill occupies parts of four adjacent townlands: Ushnagh
Hill, Mweelra, Rathnew, and Kellybrook.
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17/02/2024

Our group went on another outing today.
This time we went towards Lough Hyne to visit the Deserted Village and further on then to the Baltimore Ringfort (5th-10th Century AD)
Afterwards to the cave of our wonderful Cailleach, for soup and poteen!
Ireland and its people are magical!

11/02/2024

Labbacallee Wedge Tomb • Cork

This is Ireland's largest example of a wedge tomb. When excavated in 1934 it was found to contain human remains ranging in date from 2456—1776 BC.

The name Labbacallee derives from 'The Cailleach's Bed'. A story in the wonderful School's Folklore Collection tells how the cailleach tried to strike her husband with a hatchet and that she hit the rock. The scar can still be seen on the stone today:
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05/02/2024

This morning a few from our group went to visit Brigids Well in West Cork 🙏
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02/02/2024

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