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27/10/2014

We've celebrated Lunar Samhain, next is Solar Samhain and then the full Moon...I've dived head first into studying our Irish Celtic Calendar. My writing space is piled high with books about Newgrage and Loughcrew, books on Irish Symbols and Time.

I found this quote and thought it very beautiful:

''What is Time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries-these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul''
Longfellow 1807-1882

Grá
Niamh

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Autumn Equinox-Rathra-Castlerea

4/10/2014

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Rathra, Mullaghdooey, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Eire

Castlerea isn't really one of those places you associate with epic sunsets. When you hear 'Castlerea', you might think, cattle, bogs and the Mart. Amongst other associations most people probably think nothing as they have never heard of it. Our magical anscestors knew about this special place thousands of years before we settled here. They built a multi-valete enclosure on the western slopes of Mullaghdooey hill on the edge of the Rath Croghan complex of monuments.

From here, on a clear day, you can see The Reek. It wasn't so clear when we arrived on the first night close to the Autumn Equinox. Clouds blocked our view. The next night seemed promising with some clear skies overhead. We soon realised we wouldn't be seeing the Sunset as we arrived and saw the bank of clouds sitting on the horizon.

Looking West

It was a beautiful evening, the haze seemed to linger, but the sun was big and we thought it might let Crom shine through.

We wondered on the next night, as the sun seemed a good match for the Haze on the horizon.

We guessed right, just at the last moments, the great pyramid mountain appeared. We were too late to see the sun set into the mountain, but it was a beautiful evening and sunset all the same.

Autumn Equinox 2013

This is the sequence we were hoping to see and perhaps will see again on the Spring Equinox.

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