{"id":18708,"date":"2026-07-26T22:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:56:25","slug":"ruin-na-heireann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=18708","title":{"rendered":"R\u00fain na h\u00c9ireann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N\u00ed sna m\u00fasaeim mh\u00f3ra n\u00e1 sna cos\u00e1in turas\u00f3ireachta at\u00e1 r\u00fain na h\u00c9ireann, ach sna h\u00e1iteanna caola ina mbuaileann an gn\u00e1thshaol le rud \u00e9igin n\u00edos sine agus n\u00edos aisteach.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00d3 innealt\u00f3ireacht Neoiliteach at\u00e1 f\u00f3s ail\u00ednithe leis an ngrian tar \u00e9is c\u00faig mh\u00edlaois go dt\u00ed an b\u00e9aloideas a d\u2019athraigh bealach b\u00f3ithre nua-aimseartha tr\u00e1th, t\u00e1 sraitheanna r\u00fandiamhair ag an oile\u00e1n nach bhfanfaidh faoi thalamh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ardeaglais na Cloiche a Sh\u00e1ra\u00edonn na Pirimid\u00ed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ag Br\u00fa na B\u00f3inne i gContae na M\u00ed seasann Newgrange, tuama pas\u00e1iste ollmh\u00f3r a t\u00f3gadh timpeall 3200 RC\u2014n\u00edos sine n\u00e1 Stonehenge agus Pirimid Mh\u00f3r Gh\u00edza. T\u00e1 carn cro\u00ed-chruthach, a chl\u00fada\u00edonn n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 acra agus at\u00e1 timpeallaithe ag 97 cloch chos\u00e1in mhaisithe, i bhfolach pas\u00e1iste 62 troigh a th\u00e9ann chuig seomra croschruthach. T\u00e1 an r\u00fan innealt\u00f3ireachta beacht: os cionn an bhealaigh isteach, t\u00e1 bosca d\u00edon ag treor\u00fa bh\u00edoma de sholas grianstad an gheimhridh a shn\u00edonn feadh an url\u00e1ir agus a shoils\u00edonn an seomra istigh ar feadh thart ar 17 n\u00f3im\u00e9ad gach bliain. Gan aon teanga scr\u00edofa, gan aon uirlis\u00ed miotail mar is eol d\u00fainn iad, ach t\u00e1 an ail\u00edni\u00fa f\u00f3s ann le breis agus 5,000 bliain. Coinn\u00edonn an d\u00edon coirb\u00e9alta an taobh istigh tirim f\u00f3s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leag an miotas \u00e9 f\u00e9in ar na clocha. Rinneadh S\u00edd i mBr\u00f3ga de Newgrange, p\u00e1l\u00e1s de chuid na Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann\u2014na daoine d\u00e9ithe a tharraing siar isteach sna tuama\u00ed cr\u00e9af\u00f3ige tar \u00e9is d\u00f3ibh a bheith buailte ag na Milesiaigh, chun an Domhan Eile a rial\u00fa. Deirtear gur leis an Dagda, an \u201cdia maith\u201d, \u00e9; mheall a mhac Aengus \u00e9 chun \u00e9 a thabhairt uaidh go deo tr\u00edna iarraidh \u201car feadh lae agus o\u00edche.\u201d Le fada an l\u00e1, measadh gurbh fhearr gan cur isteach ar an su\u00edomh an su\u00edomh, de r\u00e9ir traidisi\u00fain \u00e1iti\u00fail. Di\u00falta\u00edonn na greanta\u00ed\u2014b\u00edseacha, lozenges, chevrons\u2014aon bhr\u00ed aontaithe amh\u00e1in a thabhairt f\u00f3s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geata\u00ed chuig an Domhan Eile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00e1 t\u00edrdhreach na h\u00c9ireann l\u00e1n de gheata. T\u00e1 Uaimh na gCat, \u201cUaimh na gCat\u201d i R\u00e1th Cruachan i gContae Ros Com\u00e1in, ar cheann de na cinn is cumhachta\u00ed. Treora\u00edonn poll beag i bp\u00e1irc tr\u00ed uaimh ghearr \u00f3n Me\u00e1naois Luath isteach i scoilt aolchloiche n\u00e1d\u00fartha at\u00e1 thart ar 37 m\u00e9adar ar fhad. Thug scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed me\u00e1naoiseacha Geata Ifreann na h\u00c9ireann air. Sa traidisi\u00fan n\u00edos luaithe, ba \u00e9 \u00e1it ch\u00f3naithe na Morr\u00edgan, an bandia cogaidh a athra\u00edonn cruth, agus an \u00e1it as a ndoirteadh cr\u00e9at\u00fair ollph\u00e9isteacha amach gach Samhain &#8211; an fh\u00e9ile a th\u00e1inig chun bheith ina O\u00edche Shamhna &#8211; chun an talamh a scrios agus an geimhreadh a thabhairt isteach. T\u00e1 cait fhi\u00e1ine dra\u00edochta, \u00e9in tr\u00edcheann, agus sluaite na marbh le feice\u00e1il sna seansc\u00e9alta. B\u00edonn cuairteoir\u00ed f\u00f3s ag dreapadh isteach ar a l\u00e1mha agus a ngl\u00faine; d\u00e9anann an dorchadas agus na sc\u00e9alta an chuid eile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feictear \u201c\u00e1iteanna tana\u00ed\u201d comhchos\u00fala ar fud an oile\u00e1in: d\u00fanta s\u00ed (ringforts) a mb\u00edonn feirmeoir\u00ed f\u00f3s leisce orthu a threabhadh, f\u00e9ar f\u00e1in a chuireann mearbhall ar shi\u00fal\u00f3ir\u00ed chomh m\u00f3r sin go gcaithfidh siad a gc\u00f3ta\u00ed a chasadh bun os cionn chun an geasa a bhriseadh, agus cill\u00edn\u00ed \u2014 reilig\u00ed gan mharc do leana\u00ed gan bhaisteadh \u2014 \u00e1it a raibh rabhadh b\u00e9aloidis ann faoi leana\u00ed ag caoineadh n\u00f3 faoi mh\u00ed-\u00e1dh d\u00e1 gcuirf\u00ed isteach ar an talamh. N\u00ed raibh na creidimh seo seanchaite; d\u2019fheidhmigh siad mar chosaint\u00ed s\u00f3isialta agus spiorad\u00e1lta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B\u00e9aloideas Beo agus Cartlanna Dorcha<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Idir 1937 agus 1939, bhailigh p\u00e1ist\u00ed scoile \u00c9ireannacha na c\u00e9adta m\u00edlte leathanach de bh\u00e9aloideas \u00e1iti\u00fail \u00f3 na daoine is sine ina bpobail. Caomhna\u00edonn Baili\u00fach\u00e1n L\u00e1mhscr\u00edbhinn\u00ed na Scoileanna sc\u00e9alta faoi chailleacha a sh\u00faigh bainne \u00f3 bha agus iad i bhfoirm giorriacha (agus a gorta\u00edodh le s\u00e9 phingin airgid), leann\u00e1in maighdeana mara, leipreach\u00e1in le h\u00e9ags\u00falachta\u00ed r\u00e9igi\u00fanacha, agus banshees a raibh a n-uaill\u00ed ag f\u00f3gairt b\u00e1is. M\u00f3it\u00edf amh\u00e1in a athfhillteach: an crann s\u00ed. I r\u00e9 nua-aimseartha, cuireadh moill ar thionscadail b\u00f3thair n\u00f3 cuireadh bealach eile ar aghaidh seachas an baol a ghlacadh sceach gheal uaigneach a ghearradh s\u00edos a chreidtear a bhfuil an s\u00ed ina ch\u00f3na\u00ed ann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coinn\u00edonn na portaigh f\u00e9in r\u00fain. Tagann coirp leasaithe, im \u00f3n gCr\u00e9-Umhaois, agus corr-ghi\u00famar (a l\u00e9ir\u00edodh tr\u00e1th mar spioraid neamhshuimi\u00fala ag mealladh taistealaithe isteach sa pholl) chun cinn \u00f3n m\u00f3in. Chuidigh an t\u00edrdhreach c\u00e9anna a spreag Bram Stoker &#8211; a rugadh i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath agus at\u00e1 tumtha i sc\u00e9alta taibhs\u00ed na h\u00c9ireann &#8211; le&nbsp;<em>Dracula<\/em>&nbsp;a mh\u00fanl\u00fa .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00fandiamhra Daonna a Dhi\u00falta\u00edonn D\u00fanadh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00ed r\u00fan \u00e1rsa gach r\u00fan. Sa bhliain 1907, d\u2019imigh Seodra Cor\u00f3nach na h\u00c9ireann\u2014suaitheantas d\u2019Ord Naomh P\u00e1draig at\u00e1 greanta le diamaint, a bhfuil luach sna milli\u00fain orthu inniu\u2014as s\u00e1bh\u00e1ilte i gCaisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath c\u00fapla l\u00e1 roimh chuairt r\u00edoga. N\u00edor cuireadh isteach go for\u00e9igneach \u00e9, n\u00edor cuireadh eochracha ar bith i l\u00e1thair, n\u00edor ainmn\u00edodh amhrastaigh (lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear dearth\u00e1ir an taisc\u00e9ala\u00ed Ernest Shackleton) ach n\u00edor cionta\u00edodh iad riamh. N\u00edor aims\u00edodh na seodra riamh. Thairg Arthur Conan Doyle f\u00e9in c\u00fanamh. T\u00e1 an c\u00e1s f\u00f3s oscailte i samhla\u00edocht an phobail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B\u00edonn ruda\u00ed n\u00edos ci\u00faine fi\u00fa i ngn\u00e1th\u00e1iteanna. Ma\u00edonn Sean&#8217;s Bar in \u00c1th Luain go bhfuil s\u00e9 ag feidhmi\u00fa go lean\u00fanach \u00f3 thart ar 900 AD, nuair a threoraigh \u00f3st\u00f3ir darbh ainm Luain taistealaithe trasna \u00e1th ar an tSionainn; ba \u00e9 \u00c1th Luain an lonna\u00edocht a d&#8217;fh\u00e1s timpeall air. Taca\u00edonn codanna de bhalla cl\u00fadaigh agus sn\u00e1thaid\u00ed luatha le stair dhomhain, fi\u00fa m\u00e1 t\u00e1 an strucht\u00far ina sheasamh n\u00edos d\u00e9ana\u00ed. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 liostaithe i Leabhar Taifead Domhanda Guinness mar an teach t\u00e1bhairne is sine in \u00c9irinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C\u00e9n f\u00e1th a mairfidh na R\u00fain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00e1sann r\u00fain na h\u00c9ireann mar go nearta\u00edonn an t\u00edrdhreach agus na sc\u00e9alta a ch\u00e9ile. Gabhann tuama Neoiliteach solas an ghrianstad f\u00f3s. Motha\u00edonn uaimh f\u00f3s cos\u00fail le tairseach. Is f\u00e9idir le crann uaigneach buld\u00fas\u00f3ir a stopadh f\u00f3s. Coinn\u00edonn an spreagadh c\u00e9anna a chuir p\u00e1ist\u00ed scoile amach sna 1930id\u00ed chun an ceann deireanach de na seanchreidimh a thaifeadadh daoine ag dreapadh isteach in Oweynagat n\u00f3 ina seasamh i ndorchadas Newgrange ag fanacht leis an ngrian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00ed p\u00edosa\u00ed m\u00fasaeim iad seo. Is caibidl\u00edocht bheo iad le stair n\u00e1r imigh go hioml\u00e1n riamh\u2014meabhr\u00fach\u00e1in go bhfuil \u00e1iteanna ar l\u00e9arsc\u00e1il na h\u00c9ireann ina gcuimhn\u00edonn an talamh f\u00e9in n\u00edos m\u00f3 orthu n\u00e1 mar a dh\u00e9anaimidne. An ch\u00e9ad uair eile a thiocfaidh an ceo isteach n\u00f3 a sheasann sceach gheal uaigneach i bp\u00e1irc, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir go mbeidh rud \u00e9igin f\u00f3s \u00e1 choinne\u00e1il ag an oile\u00e1n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-questions-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18709,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18708\/revisions\/18709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}