Ireland's Halloween Gate to Hell

🐈 Let's take a Samhain trip to a mysterious cave in County Roscommon, said to be Ireland's 'gateway to hell', and also the origin of Halloween...

We meet Queen Maeve, monstrous cats, the Morrigan, and of course... the sidhe!

📍 Oweynagat, Co. Roscommon, Ireland


Featuring the texts:

Táin Bó Cúailnge
(1. Queen Medb's Revenge)

Fled Bricrenn / Bricriu's Feast
(2. The Cats' Test)

Echtra Nerai / Adventures of Nera
(3. Samhain's Threshold)

Metrical Dindshenchas
(4. Meet the Morrigan)


Main image of 'Oweynagat cave with Guardian' featured with kind permission by Tuatha.ie
See their informative work on the cave www.tuatha.ie/oweynagat-cave/

Also featuring:

The Morrigan by Naomi Cornock www.nomeart.com

Queen Maeve and Cú Chulainn by J.C.Leyendecker

A Man Carrying a Body by Agnus Mary Webster


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