Attending the Largest Pagan Festival in Ireland 🇮🇪 At the Hill of Uisneach

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Hello! I have recently launched my own website www.jacobtoddson.com that has a list of events that I am running/assisting over the next few months! I have also created a new line of merchandise called "Ancient Ways, Today" focused on historical designs from around the world. This channel and it's content is only possible through the support of you amazing viewers and supporters of my work 🙏 It's just me behind the camera, so any support is always appreciated, even if it is just a comment and a like. Thank you! And I hope to see you at a retreat in the future. www.jacobtoddson.com

[@oriain81]

You dont need a festival. You can walk up any hill or mountain in Ireland and feel it. You instantly connect with nature and its very calming.

[@blueocean2510]

Yes, in the Brick leaves mountains near Sligo there was a fire festival using bows and arrows, there are many Cairns & Caves. The views are great.

[@fieldagentryan]

The evil.ones can't climb the first temple of Adam , Coull Mlr ..Clat/ math eo

[@Athena621]

Agree, this year's festival was pathetic. Some guy blubbering through a PA system on end. Followed by a fireworks. Commercialized nonsense, probably to justify the eur 60 ticket prize for the afternoon. Going from worst to unvisitable.

[@fieldagentryan]

@@Athena621 you won't be back so attendance warrior traitor to spartan law

[@Athena621]

@@fieldagentryan What are you talking about? I am talking about the commercialization of what used to be a good gathering. While I appreciate David is probably paying insurance premiums through his nose, those people who attended over the years don't need the "extra" offerings. Who wants signs along the road saying "No campers,bno vans"? This used to be a truly spiritual event, peaking in the Fire Eye 2013. Where is the Ring of Fire now? I prefer Uisneach in the olden days when you could go up the hill and just enjoy it. Now you have to book a tour on Saturdays in the summer months only. What started off as a pagean-ish gathering has become another tickbox on the festival circuit.

[@allisonshaw9341]

RE: snuffing out the fires the day before Beltaine sounds a lot like what we Cherokee do for the Great New Moon, the first new moon after the autumn equinox. All fires were put out, all torn and broken things thrown into pits to be burned later, and everything was cleaned and repaired from homes to out buildings as well as the Council Lodge and the temple lodges. All adults fasted the entire day and everyone prepared for the ritual that began when the last light of day left the sky. New clothes were donned, hair was oiled and braided, faces and bodies painted, and gifts prepared to be given. The people gathered as the sun went down, staying silent while waiting for that last bit of twilight. Once it had and the priests had made the opening prayers, they lit a great sacred fire from which every family took a brand in order to start their hearth fires back up. After prayers and offerings had been made for the coming year (it is our New Year), the people danced and feasted, often until dawn. Some of us still follow these ways, but often very quietly because for a long time our traditional beliefs were outlawed by the government and those caught practicing them were punished harshly.

[@onlymise2758]

Everything is connected ........ Even us Mo Chara

[@AJ_real]

I have such admiration for Native Americans. I am from Monaghan, I am currently reading about the practices of some shamans from tribes in Mexico and trying to develop my second sight.

[@allisonshaw9341]

@@AJ_real Osiyo (hello) to you as well! As we say here, all things are connected and we are all related. Seek out what seems true to yourself and be diligent in honoring what you learn and who you learn it from.

[@Vss7788]

This is really cool, I love how many people are coming back home, and exploring our history ❤ thank you for posting!

[@margaretkellymurphy5537]

I loved this, definitely something to add to my bucket list. Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Candykiss234]

I wish the fireworks didn’t happen they terrify the wildlife

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

I went to this for the 1st time last year and it was surreal, a really amazing experience - no alcohol required, not sure why anyone would drink at something as sacred as this festival.

[@emilyanawalt7703]

Wow Thank you so much for this and the series, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well worth all your efforts!

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Glad you enjoyed the series 🙏 One more episode to go!

[@sarahchh]

Such a beautiful journey this has been. I love seeing all the grand adventures you go on. Thank you!

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Thanks for joining me!

[@jakeodriscoll6593]

The dude in the red cloak at 6:12 is one of the best damn story tellers you'll ever hear

[@CandlelitTales]

Beautifully shot! We're the storytellers that were telling stories at the fire. We'd love to talk to you guys more or arrange a chat if you ever want to talk about Irish Mythology on the channel ✨️🔥

[@Frosthawk2815]

As an Irish person I really resonated with what caoimhe said, I recently felt and followed through on the compulsion to hike croagh padraig bare foot (while co opted during the christianisation of the island the pilgrimage has its origins in part of the story of Lugh after the battle with Balor and the formorians to protect and bless the island) and I'll have to visit uisneach next bealtaine to experience that feeling collectively cos it sounds like there's nothing quite like it. Go raimbh maith agat a Chara for your clear respect for our home and our culture

[@bluedingo72]

Congratulations on creating a great series of videos about your trip. They have been so informative and entertaining. I have been looking forward to this episode and it has not disappointed. Thank you so much for all your time and effort in providing a wonderful opportunity for others to learn and share in the wonderful history and spirituality of the British Isles.

[@muhammadusmankhan1797]

Amazing! Soo beautiful. 💚

[@Lift.Our.Voices]

Thanks for a great set of videos, for sure my favorite series you’ve done to date.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Thank you 🙏 That means a lot!

[@TiberiusDawnbringer]

This series has been enjoyable to watch. Well done, Jacob. Well done.

[@KarlKarsnark]

What kind of name is "Jacob"? Doesn't sound very Irish and/or "Pagan" to me ;)

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

The one my fucking parents gave me dumbass 😂

[@sourovdas7883]

​​​@@TheWisdomOfOdin you are very good at using cuss words, "spirituality and wisdom of odin" taught you some sh1ts it seems, well done "yakub" 👍

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin You're dodging the question ;) From what cultural group does your name originate? Is it Irish? Is it Germanic? Is it "Pagan"?

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Names have nothing to do with being pagan... dumbass 😂

[@sweetloveelmo]

17:17...."the land is calling us." I agree. Pure elevation within the heart and spirit.

[@paddyjoe365]

The way around the no wild camping law is....we don't pay any attention to it and camp where we want :) A good friend of mine camps at the hill of Tara every full moon no problem. Been doing it for years.

[@thisdrinkinglife]

exactly, you have to wonder about these people talking shite, lol...........no doubt she got vaxxed to the hilt too, ha ha

[@Runeraven812]

Bro I go there when I am finally grown This is beautiful

[@AD-zcvnt]

Thanks for your videos. People have no idea about how significant Úisneach is in terms of the modern world or how important the island is in terms of world religions or how it links the post & antediluvian worlds. What gael & celtic really mean or the evidence that remains in abundance. I'm privileged to say that, by accident, i know more than a little something about the real story.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

I think the Sons of Uisneach were mentioned in relation to Deutdre of the Sorrows I think in one of our Irish Literature classes

[@ilovebacon304]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

The costumes are fantastic and such beautiful horses

[@davek89666]

Fairys(pixies like Tinkerbell) are absolutely nothing to do with gaelic pagan myth. Those are a Victorian era idea. What you mean is the Fae

[@yas-bkrt]

This is incredibly beautiful and magnificent.

[@davidreeves204]

One of my biggest dreams

[@MadonnaGrogan]

Me too

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Definitely worth the pilgrimage!

[@JoanKirk-jm5lh]

Awesome Jacob! ❤ These are fantastic!!!

[@PaulOma-t8n]

I’m Irish and never been to one. Need to go 👏☘️

[@silviahannak3213]

You are lucky..if you are able to go there AND it is in your Culture. We don't have such Things anymore.

[@alanbaird6]

The curse of the insurance cabals here. Growing up, we built our bonfires every year for Samhain and there was madness and naivete that caused issues also. Glad you enjoyed your time here.

[@Admiral_Haggunenon-do9hg]

Fae just passing by at 2:00, checking out the big folk

[@marianfrances4959]

Awesome...though pricey!! 👍😎🇨🇦💃🔥

[@pyrothem]

Add it to the bucket list.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Lots to that bucket list to do I imagine!

[@pyrothem]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin You should be proud of this series. You have outdone yourself.

[@wren1019]

still, this gave me chills. i'm green (get it?) with envy 💙

[@pISSUMTREE]

This looks very very cool.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Hope you can make it one day!

[@pISSUMTREE]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin in a realm Far..Far away lol in Canada. Just starting my journey in this...

[@JulieFox-h3w]

Mossy Earth and Planet Wild are partnering with local nonprofits to re-wild parts of England and Scotland. It would be nice if they moved on to Ireland, but somebody within the country needs to start a re-wilding effort!

[@cdrago462]

Rewilding? Ireland already does multiple rewilding projects!! The Irish Wildcat Reintroduction: This project aims to reintroduce the European wildcat, a native predator that was extirpated from Ireland centuries ago. The reintroduction is still in the planning and research stages. Reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles: The white-tailed eagle, once extinct in Ireland, has been successfully reintroduced. This project, started in 2007, has seen eagles brought from Norway to Ireland, with a growing population now established. The Wild Nephin Project: This initiative in County Mayo involves allowing natural processes to take place with minimal human intervention, fostering the return of native flora and fauna .Rewilding the Burren: The Burren, a unique karst landscape, is another focus area where efforts are being made to enhance biodiversity through sustainable land management practices. The Irish Natural Capital Forum and Local Rewilding Groups: Various local organizations and forums are promoting rewilding through education, habitat restoration, and the creation of wildlife corridors. These are just sections of a much bigger rewilding project for the country.

[@Pfessor_Moriarty]

No ot wouldn't, that would be a disaster.

[@aoibhinnslattery1539]

There’s already rewinding initiatives in Ireland, tbh we don’t need outside influences telling us how to steward our own lands. If you want to look into or support our own rewilding initiatives you can look into Gaelic Woodland Project or reforestnation.ie to name just 2!

[@erikhoff5010]

Very nice! Skal

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Thanks you for sharing guys

[@joelhoward8211]

Great stuff I wish I could go there

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Awesome.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@stevep888]

have had 2 private tours around , uisneach , with helen one of the guides , , the cat stone the walk to it , ireland is just stacked with high energy places

[@pamaladarsow2763]

Beautiful 💗💗💗

[@trohannycottageireland]

It was a wonderful festival amazing experience loved every moment 🔥 For those naysayers.. just don't come more space for us to dance 😂

[@ramonbennett8416]

Sooo awesome

[@DamonD_Absences]

That was so damn cool

[@aadij1]

The high cost of ticket plus the anal attitude towards the bonfire were no doubt due to the Irish insurance cartel which has been strangling the people here to death especially within the last 14 years. This is why we don’t have many new interesting shops or businesses compared to many places. It’s forced us to become an inefficient, dull nanny state. Looking forward to seeing the back of this…

[@coolegarry]

I'm from near there and this has turned quite occultish and that is the consensus from many friends who are big into New Age ...I'd be avoiding.

[@katejacobs5491]

What date is this? Bealtaine is May Day?

[@bojanpavlovic9122]

When is this held? What time of the year?

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

This year it was mid-May

[@bojanpavlovic9122]

Thanks. Is it always at the same time and where can you find out upfront when is it?

[@lukeflynn7025]

Love the Americans trying to pronounce irish 😂😂it a fail everytime😂😂this place is a tourist trap😂

[@audreyroche9490]

Link ( The Last Druid ( Ben mcbrady ( Irish hidden history about Druids

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

When during the year does this festival happen?

[@johncrossanc6928]

May start of Bealtaine

[@athlene110]

Hey Jacob. I thought there was going to be 9 Ireland videos? Did you end up just going with 7?

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

There is 1 more coming next week. Sadly the 9th one didnt happen because Newgrange was fully booked and didnt allow filming anyways. Additionally Kevin and I were absolutely exhausted after Usineach 😂

[@athlene110]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin Okies! Was just wondering as I love this series so much I don't want it to end!! Yeah! 1 more!! Excited!! Ya, it's a crazy amount you both did in a short amount of time! Thanks for what you do Jacob. Take good care!! I hope you have rested sufficiently after this huge undertaking!!

[@sunilmarathe2365]

It is like Hindu festival of Holi. Before Summer starts.

[@jaydarocks7918]

Curious, would you consider the Americas as the diaspora for the Europeans (even though most came here by choice)? Their ancestors are buried in distant lands.

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

Why would that site ever be sold ...farming ??? If that location was as important as it should be to all of ierland it should of been listed as a historic land mark and prserved ...

[@SirFrederick]

Good Trip

[@swiffyswaff3554]

It so cool

[@caramusic8891]

The female figure with the spear and antlers reminds me of the goddess abnoba. The goddess of the wild, the woods and the women....could that be a guess?

[@caramusic8891]

@TheWisdomOfOdin

[@adelinespeer6269]

I was always raised the land is so important in Ireland and you have to own land and pass it on to your children. Years ago they used to have the cows jump over the fire to help them produce good milk for the year. Ireland was Atlantis and Ireland went underwater 12503 years ago and the Irish went to Africa Mauritania and created the City of Atlantis yes we were in Africa before the black people came in. But people do not want you knowing real history. This is it.

[@mariGentle]

looking at what was laid on the money is worth it. but ultimatley these celebrations are not just about your entertainment, these are the thin times where the spitits are near, where we celebrate all that has come before and all that will be gifted. Sorry it dragged on for you and you had to wait for the damn sun to set for fires to be lit.......This ain't Disneyland

[@silviahannak3213]

Glad that there are so much. Greetings to the Anglo Saxon. Nut keep in Mind the first so called nowadays Pagans...they were brutal as well. Just saying. But it is cool that they have still much more Reference than other European Countries. Good for them. We don't have such Things here.

[@flameofthewest6196]

You forgot the human sacrifice part. Yes, they did that. It wasn't all butterflies and rainbows.

[@marianlynch4829]

😂😂😂

[@haydenmcwhorter6363]

And?

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

I often want to Military Re-enactments and possibly say some of these things

[@Anglo-Saxon9]

You have to pay to be surrounded by larpers?

[@sourovdas7883]

0:10 What on earth a playstation flag doing in a pagan festival?? seriously as a hindu myself, THIS is your pagan spirit?!

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

You have an offaly big stick up your ass for a hindu 😂 I suggest meditation, will make you less judgmental within the first 10 seconds of watching a video

[@sourovdas7883]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin how judgemntal i am and what should i do doesn't answer the question i have asked...

[@audreyroche9490]

If u hindu u should know negative comments are classed as black magic negative words I've had to read it return to sender

[@audreyroche9490]

You're sending negative comments on spiritual channel please respect others

[@DIABOLICAL-6]

Some dude has Playstation flag. Big deal.

[@KarlKarsnark]

A "Pagan" with a Christian-Solomonic Vegvisir sigil and rune tattoos(Vikings never had tattoos). The cringe is palpable.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Get over yourself 😂

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin If you're gonna LARP, at least put some effort in to it.

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@gandolfthorstefn1780 Ah, reading 2 sentences is too much for you. Got it.

[@KarlKarsnark]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin So, you admit that it's a 100% non-"Pagan", Christian symbol and that Vikings didn't have tattoos(they didn't even have a word for them, even in Modern Icelandic, the term is "tattoo"). If you're gonna LARP, at least do a wee bit of research. Run along, I'm sure you have some other New Age swindle to push, like Cringe Fest 2024, or something like that.

[@sourovdas7883]

​​@@KarlKarsnark this is just a hippie pride festival, their Celtic ancestors would be ashamed if they see THIS

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Did it rain there

[@leonienolan511]

Didn't even know about this , and im Irish 😊

[@FortviewFarm]

Same here

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

I see the land as being created by a higher being though. However you may not agree guys by God rather that the gods. Well done though you both

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Well Ireland was also called Banba and Scotia according to one of our Lecturers

[@audreyroche9490]

Don't think so

[@cdrago462]

​​@@audreyroche9490actually the poster is kind of correct. Banba and Fódhla along with Éiriú were three Irish Goddesses. Ireland was sometimes, poetically, referred to as either Banba or Fódla but obviously properly named after Éiriú.

[@audreyroche9490]

@@cdrago462 could be just wondering when these things happened as druid beliefs had nothing to do with god they worshiped the sun and nature are u sure these are not stories made uo by story tellers a poets druids nature and phyic gifts just wondering were all these story's came from because Catholic Church tried whipping out the druid beliefs give this guy a look up he irish has irish druid ansesters ( The Last Druid ) Ben Mcbrady

[@audreyroche9490]

@@cdrago462 or could these stories come from vikings just wondering

[@audreyroche9490]

@@cdrago462 druid beliefs were still around after Catholic Church came in until English invaded around 1155 permission frok pope because the irish still kept druid beliefs to invade Ireland

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Of course it is Kevin. Who else would it be?

[@mitchellguidry1078]

Christ alone.

[@Kamren331]

I need advice. A few times when driving a hawk flew in front low to my car. I woke one morning thinking bout odin out of nowhere and I was in a fb room for rh neg cause I'm rh neg and said nothing about norse an someone said I'm a daughter of odin. I was pagan for 20 years and was close to celtic path but also liked Greeks gods but I am Irish and Scandinavian and I have alot of paranormal spiritual experiences. My aunt died at birth ans was born with a veil and I never knew about her till she came to me in a dream. Granny took me to her grave and I hut her box with flowers wind blew and I said she's here and granny and I looked at sky and a light orb came down from sky and flew sound and stopped in mid air next to me then shot into my chest. WE never figured out what that was ans I can find anyone else who experienced that. I do love Jesus but I'm lesbian and im drawn to norse. I just need some advice plz. I'm also German and coptic Egyptian

[@K-hi7ed]

Dancing with the devil, the irish are known for it

[@XxXZamoXxX]

Bunch of new age hippies..

[@silviahannak3213]

Lol. It's older than Christianity. Not new..but in different Form. Most are not even Hippies you Dough Nut.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

A bit silly. A fire keeps you warm

[@adelinespeer6269]

Too bad they did not let you dance around the fire like our ancestors did. Irish people are the Incas as they came from Ireland and wemt to Peru. They used an alphabet called Ogham but then the Petivian people founded our civilization we created and they used the alphabet Quill. They were in Peru for only only about one hundred years but we're in Ireland 700 years before they were in Peru. They found Inca doors built into the Monasteries all over Ireland more than a 1000 years old. So much older thsn Peru. But civilization started in Ireland 300,000 years ago. The oldest axe in the world was found in Ireland.

[@MariusRomanum]

Hey I'm asking this as a newish pagan, I have been learning about different gods and pantheons for 3+ years now and have always felt the pull of the norse. Whenever I'd stray and go after another which I had no pull to I'd be pulled back to the norse (well germanic). And I've decided on follow this path onward I've already got the books (have for awhile) and now I am looking to aquire idols of the gods and cannot find them that won't cost me an arm and a leg, so if anyone has any info to help me it would be appreciated.

[@fieldagentryan]

Mouth of fire .... Bral tine right to libertu is right go the book of comon ofaher kr ydn cammandment law plus christian lfsyer ..thiu shalt not covdt 19 sacred actes lf the guardian of the timbx of hstann .