Tag: Irish Myths and Legends

• Tory Island Walks – The Legend of Balor of the Evil Eye

  

  “Walking is a man’s best medicine.”                                              Hippocrates Leabhar Gabhala Eireann Leabhar Gabhala Eireann ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland) suggests that Tory was first occupied by settlers from Turkey called Nemedians.…

  watchingthedaisies

  June 24, 2024

  Tory Island

  Balor of the Evil Eye, Irish Myths and Legends, The Fomorians, The Tuatha De Danann, Tory Island, Walks

• A Walk in the Footsteps of Lugh and Balor of the Evil Eye

  

  The beautiful village of Dunlewey Dun Luiche lies at the foot of Errigal Mountain, the highest peak in Donegal. During last summer’s Feile an Earagail, I joined a guided walk from Dunlewey into The Poisoned Glen Gleann Nemhe, a U-shaped glen believed to have been formed in The Ice Age. The pleasant weather attracted a…

  watchingthedaisies

  March 6, 2019

  Walks

  Balor of the Evil Eye, Dunlewey, Errigal Mountain, Irish Myths and Legends, Irish Walks, Lugh, The Poisoned Glen, Walks, Wild Atlantic Way