Wednesday, February 5, 2020

EMAIN ABLACH AND ARBERTH, WALES

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When it comes to localizing the Irish Emain Ablach, the tradition that identifies this particular Otherworld with the Isle of Man may be c...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

A NEW ETYMOLOGY FOR ISAMNION, AND AN OLD ETYMOLOGY DEFENDED FOR EMAIN

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Navan Fort ISAMNION The place-name Emain (and variants; see  http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=10437 ) has given ...
Friday, January 24, 2020

MUIREDACH MUINDERG, KING OF ULSTER - AND MATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF ARTHUR?

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If I'm right, and Arthur's father Sawyl Benisel of Ribchester had as his wife a daughter of the Irish Dal Fiatach king Muir...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

MIGHT ARTHUR REALLY HAVE BEEN BURIED AT BURGH BY SANDS/'AVALON'?

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St. Michael's Church, Burgh By Sands *** ABALLAVA (entry from THE PLACE-NAMES OF ROMAN BRITAIN by Rivet and Smith): Rudge...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

PRECEDENCE IS ALL: EIL FOUND SPELLED ELI or ELIWLAD = EILWLAD

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When exploring whether Eliwlad could have come from an original Eilwlad, it was necessary to do more than merely consult top Welsh spec...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

CADGUALLAUN LIU GRANDSON OF SAWYL BENISEL = CAEDUALLA REX BRETTONUM?

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Aerial View of Site of the Ribchester Roman Fort In 2004, Alex Woolfe published an article in NORTHERN HISTORY that may have consider...
Friday, January 17, 2020

CEIDIO SON OF ARTHWYS AND POWCADY, CUMBRIA?

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King Water Valley (photo courtesy Andrew Smith) According to the early Welsh genealogies, Gwenddolau ('white dales'), who b...