User:IrishDruid

The Celts did not ever come to Ireland and Britain ( The British Isles). This the Irish Druid Order Dal na Drui,initialled 'the ODI' in English, has always maintained. Supported by the Trinity College Dublin Study of this in 2004, it in turn supporting the Professor Sykes Oxford study , the Irish Druids are today much more confident in themselves. They have always rejected advances from 'wiccans' and 'new agers', they regarding themselves as first-rank Irish intellectuals. They further state that other Druid Orders, notably the English-based OBOD, are only make-believe dress-up Druids - however there is no acrimony between them. The Irish Druids regard themselves as independent similarly to the Welsh Gorsedd.

They meet twice annually during the solstices at Newgrange and Tara, they regard the Winter Solstice at Newgrange as the start of the Druidic New Year, the Summer Solstice on Tara as the mid-point of the year. They look on Uisneach as their Headquarters as of old.

They are led from Kilkenny City by their Archdruid, Michael McGrath of the Druidic family of the Clanna Bui of the MacCraith of Portlairge. He led the public return of the Irish Druids to Tara in 1993 when and where he was elected as Archdruid of Tara and Ireland (and as such the most abused Druid on the Internet today where he is slandered as a 'nazi','fascist' 'queer', 'alcoholic' etc for some years now since 2006). in fact he is probably the single most abused person on the entire Internet/usenet alive in the world today. Irish Druids today in Ireland feel that it is remiss of Internet websites to generally mention the English-created OBOD and other such modern creations like 'The Druid Network' whilst neglecting to a huge degree modern Druidry in Ireland where there are still survivals to this very day. Irish Druids resent the claimed history by such as OBOD of England that basically states that the Celts brought Druidism to Ireland (whatever about England and the English who are welcome to make up their own story). The Celts did not bring Druidism to Ireland ( or England) because in fact they never came to the British Isles ( TCD Study 2004), Oxford-Sykes study. The Archdruid of Dublin Anrai O'Raghallaigh, was so angered by all this that he angrily exclaimed  as far back as Midsummer Day 1995 that " We Irish have no need for anybody to come here from anywhere to teach us anything, we never did and we never will!" And on her Installation as Archdruid of Tara on 22nd October 2006, Irish-American Gina McGarry quoted these words to applause from all the Iris Druids and people gathered on Tara that day.

Dal na Drui, Archdruid Michael McGrath, 2 Fr. Sherin Place, Kilkenny City, Ireland. Mobile 0866604894, email: PhotographerofKilkenny@gmail.com