Cork began long before the city did. This book walks the county's deep past, from the recumbent stone circle at Drombeg, set to catch the midwinter sun, to the holy wells that pagans and Christians both claimed. You will meet the sovereignty goddess and the Cailleach, the Bronze Age miners of Mount Gabriel, the ogham carvers, and St Finbarr, who founded a monastery on the marsh that grew into Cork. Thirteen chapters trace the long switch from the old gods to the new faith, and the sites where both still meet. Illustrated throughout. Digital download (PDF).
Cork began long before the city did. This book walks the county's deep past, from the recumbent stone circle at Drombeg, set to catch the midwinter sun, to the holy wells that pagans and Christians both claimed. You will meet the sovereignty goddess and the Cailleach, the Bronze Age miners of Mount Gabriel, the ogham carvers, and St Finbarr, who founded a monastery on the marsh that grew into Cork. Thirteen chapters trace the long switch from the old gods to the new faith, and the sites where both still meet. Illustrated throughout. Digital download (PDF).
