The Major Arcana

Brigid of Kildare and the World

Brigid of Kildare is one of the most fascinating figures in Irish history and spirituality, embodying both a powerful Celtic goddess and a revered…

Oct 21, 2024 •

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Lady Augusta Gregory and Judgement

Lady Augusta Gregory was born on March 15, 1852, into a wealthy Anglo-Irish family at Roxborough House, County Galway.

Oct 20, 2024 •

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Constance Markievicz and the Sun

“Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.”

Oct 5, 2024 •

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Agnes Mary Clerke and the Moon

Astronomer and scientific writer Agnes Mary Clerke was born in Skibbereen in 1842.

Sep 30, 2024 •

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Rosie Hackett and The Star

Rosie Hackett was born in Dublin in 1892.

Sep 20, 2024 •

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Maud Gonne and the Tower

Painting: “Maud Gonne and her pet monkey ‘Chaperone’, by Sarah Purser, 1891.

Aug 27, 2024 •

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Alice Kyteler and the Devil

In 1324, the Bishop of Ossory, Richard de Ledrede, declared his diocese full of devil worshippers, and blamed all their misfortunes on this dark…

Aug 14, 2024 •

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Anne Jane Carlile and Temperance

Anne Jane Hamill was born in 1775 in Rooskey House, near Monaghan town.

Aug 5, 2024 •

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Kitty Gallagher and Death

In the early 1950s, Kitty Gallagher from Gweedore in County Donegal sang a keen that had been passed down her maternal lineage to ethnomusicologist Alan…

Jul 26, 2024 •

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Ann Glover and the Hanged Man

The last woman to be hanged in Boston following a witch trial was Irish woman Ann Glover, on November 16, 1688.

Jul 13, 2024 •

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Averil Deverell and Justice

Averil Deverell, one of the first two women barristers in all of Great Britain and Ireland, was born in Greystones in 1893.

Jul 1, 2024 •

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Nellie Cashman and the Wheel of Fortune

Gold prospector and entrepreneur Nellie Cashman was born in Midleton in County Cork in 1845.

Jun 18, 2024 •

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