Culann’s Hound 60: Wisewoman
In the Dublin General Post Office, site of the 1916 Easter Uprising, stands this famous bronze of the dying CĂșchulainn. …
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Culann’s Hound 59: Homecoming
Both as a physical object and a set of ideas, a book can tie together past and present, allowing us …
Culann’s Hound 56: Salt Tears
This is a zombie post while I am traveling to Crete đ About 5300 years ago, people in Ireland built …
Culann’s Hound 55: Resurrection
Ăengus Ăg (“Angus the Young”) was an Irish god of love and poetic inspiration. In my version of the tale, …
Culann’s Hound 53: The Birds
Samhain (pronounced sow-in, to rhyme with cow-in) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on October 31, the same day as American …
Culann’s Hound 51: The Pearl
ManannĂĄn mac Lir, the son of the Sea, was a prominent figure in ancient Irish religion. He also appears in …
Culann’s Hound 50: A Mortal Hero
Mortality is at the center of the great epics. In the Sumerian Gilgamesh epic, the hero (like Achilles and CĂșchulainn) …
Culann’s Hound 49: At The Ford
CĂșchulainn’s battle at the ford with his friend Ferdiad is the climactic scene of the TĂĄin BĂł CĂșailnge. The fight is …
Culann’s Hound 48: Black’s King
The “Staunton” style of chess pieces, required for formal competition, was created by a man named Nathaniel Cooke, an editor …
Culann’s Hound 47: Mournful Eyes
One of the challenges I encountered in adapting the CĂșchulainn myths was that certain place names in Irish sagas do …
