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	<title>Ord Draiochta na Uisnech</title>
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		<title>Mean Samhraidh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mean Samhraidh]]></description>
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		<title>Lughnasadh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Lughnasadh we give thanks to the Earth for its bounty and beauty. The ancient Celts played games and sports to honor the God Lugh and to celebrate strength and good health. This is a time to harvest the dreams planted earlier in the year. Lugh, the bright one, is a fire God and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/lughnasadh/</link>
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		<title>Mean Foghamar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mean Foghamar (moon FOW-er) Autumn Equinox is a hunting feast, with thanksgiving for a successful farming season and the warmth of the summer. This is the season that the fallowing-plants cease to produce new fruits and await the end of their growing cycle. The harvest is finished and it is time to relax. Mean Foghamar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/mean-foghamar/</link>
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		<title>Beltaine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the festival opposite on the wheel with Samhain. And likewise, it is another in between time. Beltaine marks the end of the dark half of the year and the beginning of the light half. To the ancient Celts this was the great fertility festival. They believed that through their sexual union they could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/beltaine/</link>
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		<title>Beltaine 2005 General Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Triune Council has called for the General Council to be held from April 17th to April 23rd, 2005. This year, the Council will be held on-line in the forum created for that purpose in the members area.

The following Outlines have been established.
1. General Council will be held in a forum created for this purpose.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/beltaine-2005-general-council/</link>
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		<title>Mean Earraigh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sun has finally joined us here in the northern hemisphere, the first blossoms show and the world is filled with bright new colors. The Sun will gradually reach its apex of power after this day, with each day becoming longer. This is a time when day and night are equally balanced, and thus an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/mean-earraigh/</link>
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		<title>Oimelc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This feast of the coming of Spring celebrates the returning strength of the Sun and also held pastoral significance to the Celtic peoples. Oimelc is known as the feast of the flowing because at this time of the year the new lambs and calves are born and the ewes and cows begin to give milk. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/oimelc/</link>
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		<title>Mean Geimhridh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yuletide Greetings to all.
Mean Geimhridh, also know as Yule, is a time for hearth, home, and storytelling around the family fire. The Winter Solstice is a time when Light struggles for supremacy over the Dark, during which a threshold exists where powerful magick may be done. In the Ancient times the people would hold vigils [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/mean-geimhridh/</link>
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		<title>Essays By Kenneth R. White</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following are essays written by K.R. White that our available for public reading. Questions on copyright and source material may directed to K.R. White through email at chief@irishdruidry.org.

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		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/essays-by-kenneth-r-white/</link>
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		<title>Shapeshifting in Celtic Myth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theme of shapeshifting is found in Celtic myth regardless of the specific country one invesigates. Thoughout my studies of Celtic lore I have found that there were very specific reasons or circumstances for shapeshifting. These reasons fall into at least four different categories, they are punishment, survival, protection or as a means to facilitate rebirth. Sometimes a story will fall into more than one of these categories, such as the Welsh story of Llew Llaw Gyffes.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irishdruidry.org/publish/shapeshifting-in-celtic-myth/</link>
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