By Daryl on Saturday, November 18, 2000 - 12:35 am:
I had lost the addy to the Tir, and have not been able to find it in a while, it appears many others have as well. If you are still here, how are Cad é mar ata tú?
By Suzycat on Monday, February 5, 2001 - 02:48 am:
How are how are you? As we say down here, eh?
By Guest on Saturday, May 5, 2001 - 05:50 pm:
How many floors could an ancient Irish house have?In tales,some houses have three floors; is it possible?
By Shae on Monday, May 7, 2001 - 01:23 am:
It's possible, I suppose, but ancient Irish houses were made from timber so only the ground floor plan can be deduced from excavations. There is some evidence that 10th or 11th century stone-built monastic structures had a second floor. The earliest one that I know of is Cormac's Chapel (1134) on the Rock of Cashel. It has two floors.
By Gwydion on Wednesday, May 9, 2001 - 03:13 am:
Don't forget that a 'basement'floor counts, archeology denotes it by an opening below the "post marks" left by the ground level floor evident during excavation. Also all barrows go below ground.
By Guest on Sunday, May 13, 2001 - 04:46 pm:
How did beds look like in ancient Ireland?
By Shae on Sunday, May 13, 2001 - 11:23 pm:
I haven't come across any description of a bed in the tales. Even the "Pillow talk" section of Tain Bo Cuailnge doesn't have a description of the bed, but there may be one somewhere. (Sorry! Fadas aren't working tonight.) I'll try to find out.
Early Irish laws specify the number of bed-cubicles that should be in each class of house. In one of the lowest classes, half of the interior of the house was taken up by the bed-cubicle and the rest was paved. By contrast, a king's house had twelve bed-cubicles.
By Guest on Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 03:22 pm:
Ehi! Have you forgotten my bed?
By Shae on Thursday, May 17, 2001 - 01:43 pm:
No. I sent a query to an archaeological discussion group but haven't had any replies yet.