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Indigenous and Ancient Religions

The Festival of Lughnasa

by Máire MacNeill

MacNeill's monumental folklore study documents hundreds of hilltop and lakeside gatherings held in Ireland at the beginning of August. She argues that these customs preserved traces of the ancient festival of Lughnasa and the myth of the god Lugh. A classic of Irish folklore scholarship.

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