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Betrothed by Richard Dudensing (1833–1899). Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a betrothal (an engagement in which a couple has formally promised to wed, and which can be broken only ...
Handfasting is a wedding ritual in which the bride's and groom's hands are tied together. It is said to be based on an ancient Celtic tradition and to have inspired the phrase "tying the knot". "Handfasting" is favoured by practitioners of Celtic-based religions and spiritual traditions, such as Wicca and Druidism. [2]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 2 Great Book of Lecan: c. 1380 x 1417 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 3 1467 (first part) Composite manuscript, consisting of three parts. [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 12 Book of Ballymote: 1384–1406 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 24 P 26 Book of Fenagh: 16th century Dublin, Royal Irish Academy ...
The Leabhar Breac or Speckled Book, an Irish manuscript of the 14th century, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy, contains a very large collection of ecclesiastical and religious pieces in Irish. The contents are not as a rule of a liturgical character but the book contains a variant of the Irish tract of the Mass which is also in the Stowe ...
This is from the Irish Fianna ("bands of warriors" [118]) of Fál (a coronation stone, and metonymically "Ireland" [119]). [120] As an Irish name for the Irish Volunteers, it was an alternative to Óglaigh na hÉireann. The initials "FF" appeared on the Volunteer badge, and remain on that of Irish Defence Forces as successor to the Volunteers ...
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Insular script is a medieval script system originating in Ireland that spread to England and continental Europe under the influence of Irish Christianity. Irish missionaries took the script to continental Europe, where they founded monasteries, such as Bobbio .
An Leabhar Breac ('The Speckled Book'; Middle Irish: An Lebar Brec [1] [2]), now less commonly Leabhar Mór Dúna Doighre ('Great Book of Dun Doighre') or possibly erroneously, Leabhar Breac Mic Aodhagáin ('The Speckled Book of the MacEgans'), [3] is a medieval Irish vellum manuscript containing Middle Irish and Hiberno-Latin writings.