Contents
❦
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 6 | Magi of Ireland 24 | Setting & Physical Description 44 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The English 24 | Culture and Traditions 44 | ||||
| A Tribunal of Conflict 6 | Hermetic Culture 25 | Magi 44 | |||
| Hibernia in 1220 6 | The Macgnímartha 25 | Covenfolk 46 | |||
| Wizard War 25 | The Covenant of Praesis 46 | ||||
| Chapter 2: | Certamen 26 | Cathach 46 | |||
| The History of Mythic Ireland | 8 | A Magical Responsibility 26 | History 46 | ||
| Hermetic Literature 27 | Setting & Physical Description 47 | ||||
| The Five Peoples 8 | A Simple Way of Life 27 | Culture and Traditions 47 | |||
| The Sons of Míl 9 | Treaties and The Peripheral Code 28 |
Magi 47 | |||
| The Coming of Christianity 10 | The Role of Treaties 28 | Covenfolk 48 | |||
| The Order of Hermes in Ireland 11 | Founding a Covenant 28 | ||||
| The Ostmen and Rune Wizards 11 | Attitudes to the Code 29 | ||||
| Hermetic Magi and Irish Wizards12 | Attitudes to the Cathach 30 | Chapter 6: | |||
| Tribunal Formation | The Role of the Quaesitors 30 | The Province of Leinster | 49 | ||
| and the Early Years 12 | Sanctions 31 | The Peoples of Leinster 49 | |||
| The Schism War 13 | Tribunal Procedures 32 | The Laighin 49 | |||
| Two Turbulent Centuries 13 | Representation 32 | The Osraighe 50 | |||
| The Irish Helen 14 | Hermetic Irish Terminology 33 | The Ostmen 50 | |||
| Strongbow Invades 14 | The County of Wexford 50 | ||||
| Henry & John in Ireland 14 | Wexford 50 | ||||
| The English Magi 14 | Chapter 5: | Bannow 51 | |||
| English Expansion 15 | The Province of Connacht | 34 | Templeshanbo Church 51 | ||
| The Siege of Praesis 15 | Geography 34 | Enniscorthy 51 | |||
| The Peoples of Connacht 34 | Ferns 52 | ||||
| Chapter 3: Irish Culture | 16 | The Connachta 34 | New Ross 52 | ||
| The Fir Bolg 34 | The Wicklow Region 52 |
||||
| The Land 16 |
The Druids and the Coill Trí 35 | Baltinglass 52 | |||
| The Irish People 16 | Booleys and Crannógs 35 | Wicklow 53 | |||
| Sex and Marriage 18 | The Kingdom of Bréifne 36 | Glendalough 53 | |||
| Hostages and Fostering 19 | Kings of Bréifne 36 | Arklow 54 | |||
| Hospitality and Cuddy 19 | West Bréifne 36 | Dublin 54 | |||
| Villages and Cities 19 | East Bréifne 37 | The Liberty of Kilda re 55 |
|||
| Time 19 | The Kingdom of Connacht 37 | Kildare 55 | |||
| Entertainment 20 | The Archdiocese of Tuam 37 | Naas 56 | |||
| The English Opposition 20 | The Diocese of Killala 37 | Carbury 57 | |||
| Languages of Hibernia 21 | The Diocese of Achonry 38 | Calverstown (Baile an Chalbhaigh) 57 | |||
| Pronunciation of Gaelic 21 | The Diocese of Mayo 39 | Ossory 58 | |||
| Names 21 | The Diocese of Tuam 40 | The Pass of Achad-ur 58 | |||
| Irish Names 21 | The Diocese of Elphin 41 | Rock of Dunamase 58 | |||
| Non-Irish Names 22 | The Diocese of Annaghdown 42 | Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh) 58 | |||
| The Diocese of Cill Mhic Dhuach43 | Kells 58 | ||||
| Chapter 4: Hermetic Culture | 23 | The Diocese of Clonfert 43 | Jerpoint Abbey 58 | ||
| A Conflicted Tribunal 23 |
The Pact of Oiread h 44 |
Thomastown (Grianán) 59 | |||
| A Land Where History Repeats Itself24 | History 44 | Ashenrise 59 | |||
| The Contested Isle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History 59 | Limerick 80 | Belfast Castle 95 | |||
| Location 59 | Dún Eochair 80 | Carrickfergus Castle 95 | |||
| Culture 59 | Kerry 80 | Downpatrick 96 | |||
| Magi 60 | Tralee 80 | Dundrum Castle 97 | |||
| Lámbaird 60 | Skellig Michael 80 | Giants' Causeway 97 | |||
| History 61 | Circulus Ruber 81 | Mountains of Mourne 97 | |||
| Setting & Physical Description 61 | History 81 | Newry 98 | |||
| Culture & Traditions 61 | Setting & Physical Description 81 | Ring of Gullion 98 | |||
| Magi 63 | Culture 81 | Tír Fhomóraig 98 | |||
| Inhabitants 63 | Magi 82 | Rathlin Island 98 | |||
| The Paruchia of Nerius 64 |
Cliffheart 82 | Toraigh Island 99 | |||
| History 64 | History 82 | Mercere House of Leth Cuinn 99 | |||
| Setting & Physical Description 65 | Location 83 | History 99 | |||
| Culture & Traditions 65 | Culture 83 | Setting & Physical Description100 | |||
| Magi 65 | Magi 83 | Culture and Traditions 100 | |||
| Covenfolk 66 | Elk's Run 84 | Magi 100 | |||
| History 84 | The Clesrada 101 |
||||
| Setting & Physical Description 85 | Learning Clesa 101 | ||||
| Chapter 7: | Culture & Traditions 85 | Using Clesa 101 | |||
| The Liberty of Meath | 68 | Magi 85 | Athletics Clesa 102 | ||
| Drogheda-in-Meath 68 | Covenfolk 86 | Concentration Clesa 103 | |||
| The Brú na Bóinne 69 | The Mercer House of Leth Moga 86 | Single Weapon / | |||
| The Hill of Tara 70 | History 86 | Great Weapon Clesa 103 | |||
| The Hill of Tlachtga 70 | Location 86 | Thrown Weapon Clesa 104 | |||
| Tailten 71 | Culture 87 | Qui Sonant Pro Quieto 105 | |||
| Kells 71 | Magi 87 | History 105 | |||
| Bective Abbey 71 | Setting & Physical Description 105 | ||||
| Trim 71 | Culture & Traditions 106 | ||||
| Delvin 71 | Chapter 9: | Magi 106 | |||
| Clonmacnoise 72 | The Province of Ulster | 88 | Covenfolk 107 | ||
| The Hill of Uisneach 72 | The Peoples of Ulster 88 | Vigil 108 | |||
| The Érainn 88 | Cathach 108 | ||||
| The Cruithnigh 88 | History 108 | ||||
| Chapter 8: | The English 89 | Setting & Physical Description 108 | |||
| The Province of Munster | 73 | Tír Chonaill 89 | Culture and Traditions 109 | ||
| The Peoples of Munster 73 | Donegal 90 | Magi 109 | |||
| Eoghanachta 73 | Lough Dearg 90 | Covenfolk 110 | |||
| Dál gCais 73 | The Poisoned Glen 90 | ||||
| Déise 74 | Raphoe 91 | Chapter 10: | |||
| The English in Munster 75 | Tír Eóghain 91 | ||||
| Kingdom of Desmond 75 |
Aileach 91 | The Magical Landscape | 111 | ||
| Magh nAla 75 | Beaghmore 92 | The Druids 111 | |||
| Cork 75 | Doire 92 | The Learned Class 111 | |||
| Tech Dairbhre 76 | Leacht Ábartaigh 92 | The Druids Today 112 | |||
| Kingdom of Thomond 76 | Lough Neagh 92 | The Coill Trí 112 | |||
| The River Shannon 76 | Airgíalla 93 | A Partner to Treaties 113 | |||
| Killaloe 76 | Armagh 93 | Organization of the Coill Trí113 | |||
| The Burren 77 | Clogher 93 | The Bards 115 | |||
| The Liberty of Tipperary 77 | Cuailnge 93 | The Bardic Schools 115 | |||
| Sídh Femen 77 | Drogheda Castle 94 | Bard Characters 116 | |||
| Cashel 78 | Fermanagh 94 | Bards of Power 117 | |||
| The Silvermine Mountains 78 | Magh Sléacht 94 | Geasa 118 | |||
| The Liberty of Waterford 79 | Sídh of Fionnachaidh 95 | Conditions 118 | |||
| Waterford City 79 | Rath Chinneich 95 | New Flaws 118 | |||
| The Liberty of Limerick 79 | Earldom of Ulster 95 | The Magical Races of Ireland | 118 | ||
| Croc Áine 79 | Antrim 95 | The Fomórach 119 | |||
| Lough Gur 80 | Bangor 95 | The Fir Bolg 119 | |||
4
| The Contested Isle | |
|---|---|
| Battle Transformations 120 Beasts of Virtue 121 The Fíorláir 121 The Dobhar-Chú 122 Chapter 11: The Facric Landscape 123 The Otherworld 123 The Five High Roads 123 Faerie Types 124 Pagan Gods: Tuatha Dé Danann 124 Social Faeries 126 Trooping Faeries 129 Solitary Faeries 129 | Chapter 12: The Divine Landscape The Two Churches of Ireland |
| Story Seed: Finding Fionntan | Story Seed: Tales of Nuadha and Bóinn |
Extract from the
Caille ...
Story Seed: Remember
Journey of Cernach an Chairn..... 29 The Battle of Teamhrach ...... 32 The Ambassadors to the Tribunal .... 33 Story Seed: Falling on Deaf Ears ...... 36 The Diocese of Triburnia ...... 36 Queen Maedhbh................................... Story Seed: An Appeal...... 39 Story Seed: The Devils of Tuam ...... 40 Story Seed: The Swords of the Fer
Story Seed: The Cry of the Banshee ... 42 Hedge Magic and Original Research ... 44 Oireadh Story Seeds......45
Who You Work For..... 47 Story Seed: The Bay of Bannow...... 51 Story Seed: The Marshal's Curse...... 51 Story Seed: Helen of Ireland......51 Story Seed: Divine Vis.................................... Archbishop Henry de Londres...... 54 Story Seed: Dousing the Fire...... 55
Chapter 13: The Infernal Landscape 131 139 THE FIRST ACTS OF THE INFERNAL..... 139 THE EVILS THAT MEN DO...... 139 The Plagues Of Ireland ........... 139 Agents of Chaos......140 HIBERNIAN DEMONS ...... 140 Common Powers...... 140 Demons of Hardship......141 The Sluagh ...... 141 Devils of Folklore ..... 141 Folk Charms ...... 142 INFERNAL PLACES .................................... Battlefields ...... 143 Hell on Earth......144
| List of Thetite | A ST MICH PARK |
|---|---|
| Story Seed: Tales of | Úathach of the Glen100 |
| Nuadha and Bóinn | Story Seed: A Rival School |
| Bóinn, the Great White Cow, | Initiation into the Clesrada |
| Tuatha Dé Danann River Goddess 56 | Designing Clesa 102 |
| Story Seed: The Witches of Kilkenny 58 | Strange Practices 106 |
| The School of Raghallach | The Funerary Rites 106 |
| New Guidelines: Perdo Vim | Story Seed: The Body of a Ghost 107 |
| Hermetic Céli Dé,65 | Story Seed: Silence Falls on |
| Indrechtach an t-Èigse Measceal, | Those Who Sing 107 |
| Céli Dé of Paruchia Nerius 66 | Druid Magic111 |
| Indrechtach's Holy Magic 67 | The Gruagachan as Inheritors |
| What is a Liberty?68 | of the Druidic Tradition112 |
| Story Seed: The Conspiracy of | The Gods of the Druids 112 |
| Mellifont69 | Diedne and Pralix |
| Story Seed: The Haunting of New | The Treaty of Cnoc Maol Réidh 113 |
| Grange | Tensions Within the Treaty 114 |
| The Legend of King Conaire | Performance and Sound |
| The Book of Kells | Example Magical Stories and Poems 117 |
| The Eiscir Riada | Story Seed: The Ollamhain Heresy 118 |
| Story Seed: Returning the King 73 | Fomóir Blood |
| Story Seed: The Midnight Builder 75 | The Three Tribes of the Fir Bolg 120 Cú Chulainn's Ríastradh |
| Story Seed: Seeking the Plain of Swans | The Fíorláir |
| Story Seed: The Siege of | Dobhar-chú 122 |
| Shandon Castle | Story Seed: Sometimes They Return 123 |
| Story Seed: The Stealer of Secrets 76 | Redcaps and the High Roads 124 |
| Story Seed: The Fish Wife | Common Hibernia Faerie Powers 125 |
| Story Seed: The King's Treasure 77 | Taboos |
| Story Seed: The Faerie Saint Flannan 77 | A List of the Tuatha Dé 126 |
| Story Seed: The Sacred Yew | Faerie Bards |
| Story Seed: The Secret Army | Donn |
| Story Seed: The Ruinous Toad 79 | Famous Heroes |
| Story Seed: The Missing Book 87 | Trooping Faeries 128 |
| The Plagues of Tír Chonaill90 | Caîlte mac Rónáin 129 |
| The Lucht Tighe90 | The Head of Arastotail |
| The Black Pig's Dyke | An Example of Diocesan Politics 131 |
| Story Seed: The Neamh-Mairbh 92 | The Blessed Church Bells of Ireland 132 |
| Macha | A Note on Naming |
| Donn and Find | Infernal Relic: The Cup of Partholon139 |
| The Statues of White Island94 | The Library of Vigil |
| Lúin Cheltchair96 | The Harvest Thief |
| Story Seed: Echoes at Erenagh 96 | The Sluagh |
| Saint Machaoi | Temoneth, Messenger of Delgnat's |
| Story Seed: The Demon Kings | Betrayal |
| of Sliabh Crúibe | Infernal Tradition: Cailleach Phiseogach |
| Dator ha suffe incliffic99 | i inscogacii 144 |
