Connacht

Stories tagged Connacht:

• The Cattle Raid of Fráech Aug 13, 2025

  

  In the heroic age of Ireland, when beauty and courage walked hand in hand, there lived a warrior whose name became synonymous with both qualities. This is the tale of Fráech mac Idath, the most beautiful man in all of Ireland, and his quest for love that would end in glory and sorrow.

  The Most Beautiful Man in Ireland

  Fráech mac Idath was born to a noble family of Connacht, but his mother was Bé Find, a woman of the Tuatha Dé Danann—the divine people who ruled Ireland before mortal men. This otherworldly heritage blessed Fráech with beauty beyond mortal measure and skills that bordered on the supernatural.

• Knocknarea and Queen Medb’s Cairn Aug 13, 2025

  

  Before the grey Atlantic throws itself on the strand at Sligo, a short green mountain rises—Knocknarea, a table set for the sky. On its crown is a cairn of stones, and in every house from Strandhill to the Garavogue someone can tell you whose it is.

  “Medb,” they say, and if they are old they say it as if it tasted of apples and iron.