Image of Dinn Righ Dind Ríg, also known in English as Dinn Righ and in Modern Irish as Dionn Rí, is an ancient Irish stronghold on the River Barrow in County Carlow. It is believed to have been a royal

Wikipedia “For, in the first place, we should consider that even with events that will necessarily take place their unexpectedness is very apt to cause excessive panic and delirious joy, while foreknowledge

Western Europe never particularly hated pagan knowledge, and in fact jealously guarded and copied important works as Rome declined, but the more I read about how confined medieval astronomers and polymaths

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 73 ~ Part 1~ Pretannic Isles (Nicholaus Germanus) In the final article in this series on Claudius Ptolemy’s map and description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2—I

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 72 ~ Part 1~ Ireland When I began this series of articles, I made a number of assumptions about how Claudius Ptolemy compiled his description of Ireland—Geography, Book

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 71 ~ Part 1~ Ireland and Britain In his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of 15 river mouths, 5

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 70 ~ Part 1~ Britain and Ireland In his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of 15 river mouths, 5

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 69 ~ Part 1~ Ireland and Northern Britain In his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of 15 river mouths,

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 68 ~ Part 1~ In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine islands, five

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 67 ~ Part 1~ In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine islands, five

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 66 ~ Part 1~ Island In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine islands,

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 65 ~ Part 1~ (Monarina) In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 64 ~ Part 1~ In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine islands, five

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 63 ~ Part 1~ (Maleos) In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine islands,

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 62 ~ Part 1~ (Engaricena) In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of nine

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 61 ~ Part 1~ Aiboudai Islands In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and coordinates of

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 60 ~ Part 1~ Ireland and Its Islands In the final section of his description of Ireland—Geography, Book 2, Chapter 2, § 10—Claudius Ptolemy records the names and positions

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 59 ~ Part 1~ Pretannic Isles (Nicholaus Germanus) As we have seen, Claudius Ptolemy records the names and disposition of sixteen Irish tribes in his Geography, Book 2, Chapter

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 58 ~ Part 1~ or Vodiai In his description of Ireland, Geography 2:2 §§ 1-10, Claudius Ptolemy records the names and disposition of sixteen Irish tribes. The sixteenth and

Ptolemy’s Map of Ireland – Part 57 ~ Part 1~ (Iberni) In his description of Ireland, Geography 2:2 §§ 1-10, Claudius Ptolemy records the names and disposition of sixteen Irish tribes. Resuming our voyage