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    Irish Short Stories: The Druids
    Irish Short Stories: The Druids
    Irish Short Stories: The Druids
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    Irish Short Stories: The Druids

    By Thomas O. Miller

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    The Druids is about the wise men of ancient Ireland. The Celtic Race spoke the Gaelic Language. Gaelic words are included in the story. This work is research and fiction short stories about the lives of The Druids.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateDec 20, 2013
    ISBN9781483516226
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      Irish Short Stories - Thomas O. Miller

      Chapter One: Eire

      Ancient Ireland is called Eire. It is the time before St. Patrick in 432 AD. It was the time before monasteries, the Catholic Church and the English Government. It was before electricity, coffee, and tea. It was before Vikings, Danish, English, or the Normans. Most county boundaries have little relevance to early Irish History. Ireland was also called Aaron, Eire, Eireann, Eirn, Err-land, Eirren, Erran, Erren, Yreland, Ire-land, Irr-land, Iberia, or Hiberia. Hiberia was the Roman name for Ireland. Iberia was also the name of Spain and an indication that the Irish came from Spain.

      It was the time of legends, Celts, clans, tribes, warriors, chiefs, chieftains, kings and high kings. It was hand-to-hand combat. No cannon. No rifles. No guns. It was a time before round towers, castles, and estates. The toughest man was the chieftain. The oldest, unblemished (no scars) warrior was the king. The disabled, wise veteran was a druid. It was a time before cities and towns. It was a time before potatoes and tomatoes. It was a time before beer and whisky, but it was the time of mead and ale.

      It was a time of livestock: sheep from Scotland, then horses and cattle from Spain. The clan roamed with cattle and sheep, from glen to glen, from stream to stream, and meadow to meadow. It was a time of rocks and stones. It was a time of Druids.

      Ireland is the green island. Ireland is shrouded in morning mist, afternoon fog, and eerie evenings. Ireland is forty shades of green. Green upon green. Fern upon moss. Moss upon rock. Meadow in the glen. Shamrock and the stone. Green grow the rushes oh. One is one and all alone; and evermore shall be it so. There will always be a warmth and happiness in Ireland. There will always be an unknown and mystery in Ireland.

      Eire had several periods of ancient peoples. The first were the Firblogs. They were the Lake People. They were the Celts. The Celts were Caucasian. Their language was Gaelic. They expanded from the Caucasia Mountains to Switzerland, France, and Spain, to Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. They lived near lakes and forests during the Stone Age. They built piers out onto the lakes with a covered shelter, called crannog, at end of the pier. Archeology has found these piers with huts throughout the area of SW and NE Ireland, County Kerry and County Down. There were pottery and signs of hunters and gatherers. . Perhaps the piers were for fishing. Perhaps for safety. They sought protection from wolves and bears. The Firblogs believed that they had descended from bears.

      Formosians were giants. They had carried sheep from Scotland over the Giant Stepping Stones to Northern Ireland. The sheep were safe in Armagh. The Formosians struggled with dinosaurs, dragons, earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods. The Giants ventured west into the Atlantic Ocean. But the steep drop off caused many Formosians to misstep into the deep. The small lemmings had tried to follow the Giants, but they did drown. A few Giants would sit upon the Cliffs of Mohrer and mourn. Thus began the Irish tradition of wakes. The Formosians were overthrown by an unlikely victor: The Tuatha De Danan: The Kingdom of Fairies.

      The Tuatha De Danan included elves, pixies, sprites, dwarfs, trolls, leprechauns, and other fairies. They existed by mysterious ways by changing shapes, appearance, animal forms, and disappearing. They had small cloaks to make themselves invisible. They could shape-change people into birds and insects to escape trouble. They were underfoot of the giants. They lived in the Underworld and the Otherworld. In caves the fairies were safe with bears, foxes, leprechauns, and other small people.

      The Realm of Fairies transformed everything. They found 1,600 natural springs and made the water holy. They spoke with all the animals: sheep, fox, wolf, dog, cat, birds, and insects. The magic and little people live to this day. The Kingdom of Fairies ruled while the Foromisian Giants disappeared. But the fairies were no match for the next set of human beings who came to Eire.

      The Milesians entered Eire from the South. They were Celts. They had black hair. They brought horses and cattle. These animals were much too big for the little people. They spread throughout the island and drove the little people underground. Some say that the black-haired Irish are Spanish, and that the red-haired Irish are Danish who came with the Vikings. The Milesian brother Eber ventured to northern Ireland and enjoyed playing the harp. His brother Eremon stayed in southern Ireland and enjoyed poetry, story telling, and limericks. Music and poetry are great traditions in Ireland. The Milesians would agree to stay above ground, if the little people agreed to stay underground. Ireland was at peace with lots of sheep, cattle, and horses.

      Life goes on. Clan to clan. North to South. East to West. People believed in Nature and Natural Law. There was a Perpetual Life Cycle. The Biological Cycle. The Organic Cycle. Life goes on.

      Chapter Two : Druids

      There was a time in Irish History between 1000 BC and 400 AD which was The Celtic Age or The Gaelic Age. This was a golden period in pagan times from which emerged many myths and legends. Ireland had been known as Eire, Eirn, Eirann, Eirinn, Err-land, Ire-land, Yrland, Iberia, and Hiberia. The favorite name is Eire. Around 432 AD the arrival of St. Patrick created a change in Irish Culture. He converted many druids into monks. But, you ask, what is a druid? I have read many an Irish Short Story that only barely mentioned the druids. The druids are what my stories are about. I am intrigued with role of the druids.

      The Druid was an ancient sage. The Druid was a medicine man who believed in herbs, music, magic, and the healing arts. The Druid was an astronomer, meteorologist, and a mathematician. The Druid could predict the

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