December: Surrendering to Winter

Sliabh na Callaighe, ‘Hag’s Mountain’, also known as Loughcrew passage tombs, an ancient burial site said to be associated with the Cailleach © Ali Isaac

“Vera, the celebrated goddess, sorceress, or hag, of ancient days. The legend current in the neighbourhood, is to the effect that she came onetime from the North to perform a magical feat in the neighbourhood by which she was to obtain great power if she succeeded. She took an apron full of stones, and dropped a cairn on Carnbane; from this she ...