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Helska and Grania The Tuatha de Bhriain is a re-creation society that attempts to re-enact the spirit and material culture of 5th century Ireland. Founded in 1986, we are a group of like-minded individuals most of whom live on Long Island, in New York. We typically hold 4 Events a year on the ancient Celtic Holidays, three of these are weekend camp outs and our winter event is a day long indoor event. We also hold at least 4 planning meetings a year in between our events.

This web site has been posted primarily to serve the members of our clann with information to help achieve our goals, but any who would find our site useful, or those who are just plain curious, are more than welcome and even encouraged to browse.

Summer Solstice Meeting Notice

06/21/2008 - 1:00pm
06/21/2008 - 6:00pm
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Originally posted 4/27/08

According the Clann Law, the Summer Solstice meeting should occur the weekend of or immediately following the Summer Solstice which occurs this year on June 20th at 7pm. Thus, the meeting should be on Saturday, June 21. Please note that this date conflicts with Norseland's Summer Thyng. Brogan had suggested that we postpone the meeting till the 28th (the following weekend), but after some discussion in the forums the original date was maintained. The meeting will be held at the home of Aonghus. Directions are available to logged in members and friends only on the Directions to Events page.

Commenting on this event is disabled, please use the forums for discussion. This post has been set as editable by TdB Members and will appear on the main page.

Meeting Minutes posted June 22, 08


Bealtaine

05/30/2008 - 12:00pm
06/01/2008 - 5:00pm
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Beltaine, 2008: The general turn out for Beltaine, 2008 was below par.  Many of the usual suspects...Beltaine, 2008: The general turn out for Beltaine, 2008 was below par. Many of the usual suspects...According to Clann law, Beltaine is supposed to be held on the first weekend in May which originally set the date of the event for May 2nd through 4th. However, due to scheduling conflicts the event has been put off till the end of May (May 30-June 1). We apologize to all for the confusion. This post has been set as editable by TdB members. Some information about Bealtaine can be found in the library. The planning minutes are available for review here.

Discuss specifics regarding this event in the official meeting minutes or conduct general discussion in the forum topic for the event.


Beltaine 2008 Planning Meeting

Dear all,

Kindly find the minutes taken at our Spring meeting:

22 March 2008 - Guthrum and Fionnuala's House. 1pm - meeting commencement at 1:45


Spring Equinox Meeting

03/22/2008 - 1:00pm
03/22/2008 - 7:00pm
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Confirmed date by the Chieftan via Yahoo list message #1479. Confirmed meeting place: Guthrum and Finoulla's. This event has been set as editable by TdB members, please update with information as it becomes available. A map is available to logged in TdB Members and Official Friends only.

Originally posted on 2/7, this post has been promoted to top.

Discuss in the meeting minutes forum post.


Celtic healer

Excavations at Stanway, Colchester (Camulodunum) U.K. which date at latest, to just before the Romans arrived in England have provided a very exciting glimpse back into the Celtic past. The site is unique because of the finds in the grave of an individual dubbed the doctor who was buried with...


Queen Maeve on NPR by Jacki Lyden

12:59 minutes (11.89 MB)

All Things Considered, August 30, 2002 · NPR's Jacki Lyden has traveled the globe in search of stories. But on a recent trip to Ireland, she became part of the story itself. She led a motley "army" on a six-day, 165-mile-long trek through the Irish countryside in a quest to bring a true Irish folk tale to life.

Audio files are available only to logged in members of this site.