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  • Day One: 77 Women and a fake Sheela Na Gig
  • Day One: Rathcroghan and Queen Meadhbh
  • Day Two: The Secret Glen
  • Day Two: Carrowmore Megalithic Site
  • Day Two: Constellations Coalesce at Sligo Arts Festival
  • Day Three: Creevykeel, Dolphins, and Ben
  • Day Three: We need to talk about William
  • Day Four: In search of Sheela
  • Downplaying the women of 1916
  • A Thread for Oíche Shamhna
  • Grá for mná on Nollaig na mBán
  • Book Shop Day thread: The Art of the Glimpse
  • Reading A Ghost in the Throat
  • Some year
  • On the hunt for Sheelas, old and new
  • Creating Nora: a reflection on Women’s History Month
  • The Wildest of Gees: the Curragh Wrens
  • Wikipedia: rescuing women’s stories from the forest of history
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The Wild Gees

Adventures in the Irish Otherworld

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Day Two: The Secret Glen

Day Two: The Secret Glen

A prehistoric valley, and a still Atlantic beach

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Day Two: Carrowmore Megalithic Site

Day Two: Carrowmore Megalithic Site

Layers of prehistory at this megalithic site and home to the witch of winter

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Day Two: Constellations Coalesce at Sligo Arts Festival

Day Two: Constellations Coalesce at Sligo Arts Festival

A literary encounter with Sinead Gleeson chimes with our trip’s theme

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Day Three: Creevykeel, Dolphins, and Ben

Day Three: Creevykeel, Dolphins, and Ben

A soaking on Ben Bulben results in some driveby tourism punctuated by dolphins, rag trees and the Morrigan (possibly). A gee-lite and not very wild day.

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Day Three: We need to talk about William

Day Three: We need to talk about William

A trip to Sligo inevitably involves Yeats but let’s talk about how problematic he is.

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Day Four: In search of Sheela

Day Four: In search of Sheela

Our Sile na Gig trip isn’t as fruitful as we’d hoped but at least we weren’t savaged by a Grim

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Who we are

Three women on a mission – to seek out and explore women’s histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures

Where we’ve been

  • Day One: 77 Women and a fake Sheela Na Gig
  • Day One: Rathcroghan and Queen Meadhbh
  • Day Two: The Secret Glen
  • Day Two: Carrowmore Megalithic Site
  • Day Two: Constellations Coalesce at Sligo Arts Festival
  • Day Three: Creevykeel, Dolphins, and Ben
  • Day Three: We need to talk about William
  • Day Four: In search of Sheela
  • Downplaying the women of 1916
  • A Thread for Oíche Shamhna
  • Grá for mná on Nollaig na mBán
  • Book Shop Day thread: The Art of the Glimpse
  • Reading A Ghost in the Throat
  • Some year
  • On the hunt for Sheelas, old and new
  • Creating Nora: a reflection on Women’s History Month
  • The Wildest of Gees: the Curragh Wrens
  • Wikipedia: rescuing women’s stories from the forest of history

Who we love

Ireland’s Síle na Gig (interactive map)

Richmond Barracks Visitor Centre

Rathcroghan Visitor Centre

Carrowmore Visitor Centre

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