tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144971346136279348.post-67450131854187007492008-06-16T13:44:00.004-07:002008-07-28T03:41:55.251-07:00

Lughnasadh was another ancient pagan festival which celebrated nature's bounty, whose resonances still live on today and were explored in Brian Friel’s play Dancing at Lughnasa. Lugh was the solar deity, the god of music and light and of the harvest, honoured at Summer’s end, when the crop was gathered in and thanks were given for the earth’s abundance. Remnants of this tradition still live

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