Tradition guide
Irish
3 sacred sites available through this shared spiritual lineage.
Countries with strong presence
Common site types
Blarney Stone
Cork, Munster, Ireland
Blarney Stone is a castle of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 51.92909, -8.57088. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Irish. Mythological context: Irish folklore. The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the centre of Cork City, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery). The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446. The castle is a popular tourist site in Ireland, attracting visitors from all over the world to kiss the stone and tour the castle and its gardens. The word blarney has come to mean clever, flattering, or coaxing talk . Irish politician John O Connor Power defined it this way: Blarney is something more than mere flattery. It is flattery sweetened by humour and flavoured by wit. Those who mix with Irish folk have many examples of it in their everyday experience. Letitia Elizabeth Landon described its contemporary meaning in an article entitled Blarney Castle in 1832. Located in Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland.
Hill of Tara
County Meath, The Municipal District of Ashbourne, Ireland
Hill of Tara is a hill of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.57881, -6.61165. Attributes: natural, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Irish. Mythological context: Irish mythology. The Hill of Tara (Irish: Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland. Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology. Tara consists of numerous monuments and earthworks—dating from the Neolithic to the Iron Age—including a passage tomb (the Mound of the Hostages ), burial mounds, round enclosures, a standing stone (believed to be the Lia Fáil or Stone of Destiny ), and a ceremonial avenue. There is also a church and graveyard on the hill. Tara forms part of a larger ancient landscape and Tara itself is a protected national monument under the care of the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Irish Government. Located in The Municipal District of Ashbourne, Éire / Ireland.
Hill of Uisnech
Loughnavalley, County Westmeath, Ireland
Hill of Uisnech is a ceremonial hill of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.48369, -7.55638. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Irish Mythology. Mythological context: Omphalos of Ireland. Located in The Municipal District of Athlone — Moate, Éire / Ireland.