Native Irish Skies

I accept Tim Severin's account of the voyage. He didn't think it was just as legend, and nor do I.

But the irish names for the stars are not recorded, I think.

D

Hi Diane,

Welcome to the board!

Check out Anthony Murphy's www.mythicalireland.com web site for some details of the archaeoastronomy aspect.

The SDAS web site at www.southdublinastronomy.org has a link to the English-Irish astronomy dictionary under the "Community" section.

One example is Bó Finne being the Irish for "Milky Way". I think there is possibly an association here with the Táin Bó Chuilne legend but I can't remember where I read about that unfortunately.

atb,

John

The SDAS web site at www.southdublinastronomy.org has a link to the English-Irish astronomy dictionary under the "Community" section.

www.southdublinastronomy.org/wiki/Focl%C3%B3ir

re MythicIreland and irish folk astronomy

When Gregory of Tours organised his roster for the monks to recite the Psalter, he had to adjust an older scheme, and when he did, he made the 'cross' of Cygnus an important time-marker.

From the Fifth Century AD until the Eleventh Century AD Irish Monks recorded every single Solar and Lunar Eclipse visible from Ireland and Irish religious colonies in Britain and Europe.

Those Colonies included Iona and Lindisfarne and St. Gallen, among a lot of others.

They are by far the best Astronomical records from anywhere in the World from that period.

And they are here in Ireland to this day.

As I mentioned another time, this this year 2006 marks a thousand years since the brightest supernova in recorded history..the Great Lupus Supernove of 1006 AD.

The best European record of this Supernova is found in the Swiss city of St. Gallen. Founded by St. Gall the Irishman and named after him.

The city of St. Gallen celebrated the anniversary this year...but the Irish have forgotten St. Gall.

Most Irish astronomers never heard of those Irish records.

Peter.

Thank you for the reference.

Where are the records kept?