They've had similar conflicts between developers and Fay folk in Scandinavia. I can't recall which country it was, but a few years back a clergyman led an action to prevent the removal of a boulder that was a home for the elves, and he won. I didn't know that the Irish had tribal trees. That's a useful bit of Celic lore.
Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? Tá deire na gcoillte ar lár. Níl trácht ar Chill Cais Ná a teaghlach, S ní cloinfear a cluing go brách. What shall we do without forests? The last of the woods are laid low. The great house of Cill Cais is forgotten And its sweet bell shall sound nevermore.
Great video a fantastic source that would take much more time and effort to access on your own thank you for making these myth more accessible to everyone.
Thank you for this video.I am an older female and have Ireland in one of my lineages.I am more of an old soul and have much reverence for sacred trees.I write poetry and love being out in nature.I will always love sacred trees and my ancestors and roots.Trrelore,Folklore,Tree Whispers.Priceless.
You would certainly feel it if you ever grace our soil..its incredible the connection people carry for our very special island. Its the ancients calling you!
19:36 The character Mad Sweeney was used in the Netflix series American Gods. The Sweeney in the series followed some of the myths told here about being cursed by a saint for one.
I'm going to wind up inheriting some land where I grew up, including several trees that I and several generations of my family have known. Don't tell anybody, but I plan on basically living out my life like these old europeans. My great ambition for the last half of my life is to take up whittling.
Great video, really enjoying your videos, thanks very much! I wondered if you could recommend the best place to read the Dinnshenchas (in English) and any good books on the subject?
One of the best resources I've found for English translations of the old Irish texts is the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT): celt.ucc.ie/ The poetry from the Dinnshenchas (known as the Metrical Dinnshenchas) is available here: celt.ucc.ie/published/T106500D.html And I’m sure you’ll be able to find the prose texts from the Dinnshenchas on CELT as well, it’s an awesome resource! Haven’t discovered a good book on the subject but I’ll let you know if I come across one. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
I've read tid bits here and there about in ancient times some tree's were sacred. Like Yggdrasil. I've also found out the judges sitting on the bench originally meant rocks placed in a meeting place that a judge would sit on to pass judgment I'm guessing this is Celtic
Hi love your work story about ways of Ireland trees ok all tree have spirit called dry hadst each tree had a number of spirit the other oak tree had 12 the highest number and in the oak one of the spirit could move freely true out the tree its name was hamadahad it was lie a snake, ps the spine is very like a tree it has roots very fine top bottom ps the body is very like a tree the trunk branches thanks for your work I love it
Celtic Languages developed in situ within the British Isles and Armorica during the Early Stages of the Bronze Age. Celtic languages were not imported into the British Isles from Europe in a “Celtic” form. Likely, a Tocharian-like Language was imported into the British Isles circa 2500 bce, it was mixed with the dominant Semitic lingua franca of the coastlines, and the result was two clear branches of the Celtic Language Family (P and Q Celtic) that developed over a 1000 year period (circa 2350-1300 bce).
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the British left Ireland the most treeless country in Europe. The real harbinger of doom. If that's not bad enough, as the first colony they used those trees to build the pirate ships to molest the seas and go on to invade and or conquer some 180 out of 200 sovereign nations. Also to build London, including the original st Paul's before they burned that down too Are you seeing a pattern here? lol this is probably going to be deemed political or inappropriate no doubt. *Excellent video though. Slainte
@@forbesmeek6304 lots of strange things about trees when you think about it. There's an old pagan saying: you are an upturned tree with your roots in heaven ' relationship between the tree of life and the Vegas nerve, and of course, the fact that trees don't come from the ground. They come from the sky. Their by-product is our air. It feels a lot more solid than some random genocidal storm God from the desert. Frankly. I suppose when the Romans realised they could never take Ulster by force, they sent the church instead. That done it for sure. ∆
In our language oak is “dub/doob”, and in precristian era oaks and oak forests also were sacred, and considered as king of wood. It was also a tree of main thundergod (classic father-warrior figure). Some oaks certainly were more sacred than others and probably were dedicated for rituals - in the Dnipro and Desna rivers near Kyiv ancient oaks were find, with many jaws of wild boars beaten and then ingrown into the wood. I’ve never been in your beautiful country, UA-cam give me this video randomly. My closest relation to Ireland is an old book of Irish fairy tales from my childhood. But I’m glad that this place from the beginning of the video is saved. And the video is good, thank you, go raibh míle maith agat.
I live in Lancashire near an ancient wood, in my garden have a large hawthorn tree I treat it with respect , I know there are elementals living beneath it my cat now passed away spent hours down there and would try to tell me she could see something ❤
The eulogy of Sweeney reminds me of Gwydion and Lleu once he's turned into a bird perched on an oak in Welsh Mythology actually... Not the same words but the story is slightly similar in a way 20:01
When my father was building our house in the Irish countryside he got talking with an old man by the road who told him not to build the house where he was because it was fairy land, which sure enough there is a "fairy" ring of mushrooms on the hill next to it. Now one thing to consider is my father had no idea who this old man was and neither did anyone that he asked. Now we live in your most stereotypical small town where everyone knows everyone and considering this old fella knew about a fairy ring on land that's been in my family for a couple generations at least and was never seen again after that chat by the roadside I cant help but think there was definitely something suspect about him. And now I aint saying this is connected, I'll leave that for the reader to decide, but a year or 2 after this when the house was pretty much built my fathers mental state started getting more irrational (potential bipolar disorder idk) to the point where he assaulted my mother since she didint want to give him more of her savings to keep building onto the house, and well 1 divorce and roughly 10 years later my father decided to take his own life. I've always pondered over the years on if these two series of events were related and i think its safe to say that I will never know for certain. But one thing I do know for certain is that I am never going to take the gamble and mess with any land/shrub/tree thats owned by faries. Real or not if you ask me its sometimes better not to find out.
I pass this fairy tree everyday and I'm bewildered how we don't have access to it and most people either don't know or have simply forgotten of it's existence and many like it, I was a child about 6 or 7 when I heard about this, and it has always stuck in my mind I'm now 29 and it's very sad our folklore and history is being lost to modern times There was a story that circulated at the time of the by pass construction A man was paid a handsome fee to remove the fairy tree, He only managed to break one branch and he immediately felt sick and very bad In the coming weeks and months that followed his family and friends suffered horrible accidents and bouts of bad luck Until he finally took his own life Probably an urban legend or rumour but any child born before the 2000s was rigorously warned about harming or damaging fairy forts or trees We were thought to respect our heritage and not to mess with the unexplainable or supernatural, Fairy's and Leprechauns once roamed this beautiful wilderness Maybe their clans have passed on or maybe they went underground or to another realm, but all Fairy Trees and Fairy Forts are ancient sacred sites, Thank you for your video I live less than 10 minutes away from the Fairy Tree of Latoon Cross But we can only see it when passing in a car or bus We should allow access to all sacred sites Especially with our folk lore and how much tourism we have in Ireland because of such legends,
Of course! You can find links to references/sources on the IrishMyths blog right here: irishmyths.com/2024/06/21/celtic-sacred-trees/ Thanks for watching!
Unbelievable. I left a comment about the Irish trees just the other day. The night of the planting moon in fact. The next day was summer solstice, and I heard a chainsaw buzzing. It was the new neighbour cutting down a beautiful young Ash in it's prime... Devastated. You'll think it crazy, the magpie that sat looking at me from that tree was always noted for sorrow, for the birds. I have to vent because I can't say anything about it lol Even if he is English. Sadly here in Ulster especially because he's English. Yea, I know.... No respect at all.
Looks like the writers of the Dindsenchas made a typo then! Just kidding, turns out “eó” could also be used to mean simply “tree” in Old Irish: en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/e%C3%B3
They've had similar conflicts between developers and Fay folk in Scandinavia. I can't recall which country it was, but a few years back a clergyman led an action to prevent the removal of a boulder that was a home for the elves, and he won.
I didn't know that the Irish had tribal trees. That's a useful bit of Celic lore.
Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?
Tá deire na gcoillte ar lár.
Níl trácht ar Chill Cais
Ná a teaghlach,
S ní cloinfear a cluing go brách.
What shall we do without forests?
The last of the woods are laid low.
The great house of Cill Cais is forgotten
And its sweet bell shall sound nevermore.
Interesting video as always, thanks for sharing.🌳🌅☘️
Thanks for watching!
Great video a fantastic source that would take much more time and effort to access on your own thank you for making these myth more accessible to everyone.
Thank you for this video.I am an older female and have Ireland in one of my lineages.I am more of an old soul and have much reverence for sacred trees.I write poetry and love being out in nature.I will always love sacred trees and my ancestors and roots.Trrelore,Folklore,Tree Whispers.Priceless.
You would certainly feel it if you ever grace our soil..its incredible the connection people carry for our very special island. Its the ancients calling you!
@@cynicalbi was lucky enough to visit years ago and the pull was unreal!! i always find myself longing to go back…
19:36 The character Mad Sweeney was used in the Netflix series American Gods. The Sweeney in the series followed some of the myths told here about being cursed by a saint for one.
Excellent video.👍 Diolch yn fawr iawn.🏴
I'm going to wind up inheriting some land where I grew up, including several trees that I and several generations of my family have known. Don't tell anybody, but I plan on basically living out my life like these old europeans. My great ambition for the last half of my life is to take up whittling.
Great video, really enjoying your videos, thanks very much! I wondered if you could recommend the best place to read the Dinnshenchas (in English) and any good books on the subject?
One of the best resources I've found for English translations of the old Irish texts is the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT): celt.ucc.ie/
The poetry from the Dinnshenchas (known as the Metrical Dinnshenchas) is available here: celt.ucc.ie/published/T106500D.html And I’m sure you’ll be able to find the prose texts from the Dinnshenchas on CELT as well, it’s an awesome resource!
Haven’t discovered a good book on the subject but I’ll let you know if I come across one. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
I've read tid bits here and there about in ancient times some tree's were sacred. Like Yggdrasil. I've also found out the judges sitting on the bench originally meant rocks placed in a meeting place that a judge would sit on to pass judgment I'm guessing this is Celtic
Hi love your work story about ways of Ireland trees ok all tree have spirit called dry hadst each tree had a number of spirit the other oak tree had 12 the highest number and in the oak one of the spirit could move freely true out the tree its name was hamadahad it was lie a snake, ps the spine is very like a tree it has roots very fine top bottom ps the body is very like a tree the trunk branches thanks for your work I love it
Celtic Languages developed in situ within the British Isles and Armorica during the Early Stages of the Bronze Age. Celtic languages were not imported into the British Isles from Europe in a “Celtic” form. Likely, a Tocharian-like Language was imported into the British Isles circa 2500 bce, it was mixed with the dominant Semitic lingua franca of the coastlines, and the result was two clear branches of the Celtic Language Family (P and Q Celtic) that developed over a 1000 year period (circa 2350-1300 bce).
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the British left Ireland the most treeless country in Europe. The real harbinger of doom.
If that's not bad enough, as the first colony they used those trees to build the pirate ships to molest the seas and go on to invade and or conquer some 180 out of 200 sovereign nations. Also to build London, including the original st Paul's before they burned that down too
Are you seeing a pattern here? lol this is probably going to be deemed political or inappropriate no doubt.
*Excellent video though.
Slainte
what do you mean brother you're spitting facts
@@Diabhlai680 facts aren't much in fashion these days. If they ever where.
@@longshotkdbOf course facts are acceptable - if they suit the politicos.
The very hardy Sessile or Irish Oak, common to Scotland, Wales & the west of England. It has a stem to the leaf and none to the acorn. 👍🌌🌙
@@forbesmeek6304 lots of strange things about trees when you think about it. There's an old pagan saying: you are an upturned tree with your roots in heaven ' relationship between the tree of life and the Vegas nerve, and of course, the fact that trees don't come from the ground. They come from the sky. Their by-product is our air. It feels a lot more solid than some random genocidal storm God from the desert. Frankly.
I suppose when the Romans realised they could never take Ulster by force, they sent the church instead. That done it for sure. ∆
In our language oak is “dub/doob”, and in precristian era oaks and oak forests also were sacred, and considered as king of wood.
It was also a tree of main thundergod (classic father-warrior figure). Some oaks certainly were more sacred than others and probably were dedicated for rituals - in the Dnipro and Desna rivers near Kyiv ancient oaks were find, with many jaws of wild boars beaten and then ingrown into the wood.
I’ve never been in your beautiful country, UA-cam give me this video randomly. My closest relation to Ireland is an old book of Irish fairy tales from my childhood. But I’m glad that this place from the beginning of the video is saved. And the video is good, thank you, go raibh míle maith agat.
Thanks for posting this. My mum is Irish, and she loves and misses her childhood there. I hope one day to take her there again.
Go!!! I went and it was magical.
I used to climb the pines to the top. We’d sway in the wind as I hugged them.
I live in Lancashire near an ancient wood, in my garden have a large hawthorn tree I treat it with respect , I know there are elementals living beneath it my cat now passed away spent hours down there and would try to tell me she could see something ❤
The eulogy of Sweeney reminds me of Gwydion and Lleu once he's turned into a bird perched on an oak in Welsh Mythology actually...
Not the same words but the story is slightly similar in a way 20:01
Bro that was an incredible video. You’re hitting way above your sub count. Keep it up man.
When my father was building our house in the Irish countryside he got talking with an old man by the road who told him not to build the house where he was because it was fairy land, which sure enough there is a "fairy" ring of mushrooms on the hill next to it. Now one thing to consider is my father had no idea who this old man was and neither did anyone that he asked. Now we live in your most stereotypical small town where everyone knows everyone and considering this old fella knew about a fairy ring on land that's been in my family for a couple generations at least and was never seen again after that chat by the roadside I cant help but think there was definitely something suspect about him.
And now I aint saying this is connected, I'll leave that for the reader to decide, but a year or 2 after this when the house was pretty much built my fathers mental state started getting more irrational (potential bipolar disorder idk) to the point where he assaulted my mother since she didint want to give him more of her savings to keep building onto the house, and well 1 divorce and roughly 10 years later my father decided to take his own life.
I've always pondered over the years on if these two series of events were related and i think its safe to say that I will never know for certain. But one thing I do know for certain is that I am never going to take the gamble and mess with any land/shrub/tree thats owned by faries. Real or not if you ask me its sometimes better not to find out.
I passed the Bush daily as I worked nearby, and remember the issue at the bridge and motorway.
I pass this fairy tree everyday and I'm bewildered how we don't have access to it and most people either don't know or have simply forgotten of it's existence and many like it, I was a child about 6 or 7 when I heard about this, and it has always stuck in my mind
I'm now 29 and it's very sad our folklore and history is being lost to modern times
There was a story that circulated at the time of the by pass construction
A man was paid a handsome fee to remove the fairy tree,
He only managed to break one branch and he immediately felt sick and very bad
In the coming weeks and months that followed his family and friends suffered horrible accidents and bouts of bad luck
Until he finally took his own life
Probably an urban legend or rumour but any child born before the 2000s was rigorously warned about harming or damaging fairy forts or trees
We were thought to respect our heritage and not to mess with the unexplainable or supernatural,
Fairy's and Leprechauns once roamed this beautiful wilderness
Maybe their clans have passed on or maybe they went underground or to another realm, but all Fairy Trees and Fairy Forts are ancient sacred sites,
Thank you for your video
I live less than 10 minutes away from the Fairy Tree of Latoon Cross
But we can only see it when passing in a car or bus
We should allow access to all sacred sites
Especially with our folk lore and how much tourism we have in Ireland because of such legends,
Thank you so much for sharing this story! Incredible. Wish I could have included this local viewpoint/history in the video
That’s information plus 🐝🧚♀️🧚🧚🏿♂️
“Ent that a familiar tale…” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I think i may be a Celt as people often say things like "what an absolute Celt" and "look at that Celt with the Hearing Aid"
Animism
Can I ask for the list of books referenced, please?
Of course! You can find links to references/sources on the IrishMyths blog right here: irishmyths.com/2024/06/21/celtic-sacred-trees/
Thanks for watching!
Sorry about the quality of my English translation of the famous Irish poem. I'm no versifier.
Unbelievable.
I left a comment about the Irish trees just the other day. The night of the planting moon in fact. The next day was summer solstice, and I heard a chainsaw buzzing. It was the new neighbour cutting down a beautiful young Ash in it's prime... Devastated.
You'll think it crazy, the magpie that sat looking at me from that tree was always noted for sorrow, for the birds.
I have to vent because I can't say anything about it lol
Even if he is English.
Sadly here in Ulster especially because he's English.
Yea, I know.... No respect at all.
Proto indo european
So the grove was the
Nematon???
Awesome!
🔮🦅🔮
Eo is a yew tree not an oak tree. Oak is Dara as gaeilge.
Looks like the writers of the Dindsenchas made a typo then!
Just kidding, turns out “eó” could also be used to mean simply “tree” in Old Irish:
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/e%C3%B3
Great video!
Thank you!
I enjoyed this a lot. Definitely going to check out those monster vids.
And I clicked the buttons!
I am so happy and hyper ❣️🤩🥰
Thany for the awesome videos
Im gonna knock on the Resolute Desk.
Wild apple and a type of pine tree, is in Ireland,a new one in me😮
You have a great channel 😊
Thank you! 🙏
@@irishmyths very welcome
Very well done video