The Old Gods

Whether you are pagan yourself, or a lover of history, I would love to learn more about Irish paganism.

I know St Patrick came over and kicked them to the curb, but I read his church was built on sacred pagan ground. The church had to be rebuilt 17? times, some causes were fires.

I’m curious if anyone sees this as similar to Native American burial ground situations?

Also read that the fertility (crops & livestock) god worshipped on Samhain was associated with the sun and fire.

Also, if the cathedral had to be rebuilt, is the foundation in the same place or was it moved? Are there artifacts below? Is there a basement or catacombs of some sort? Did St. Patrick steal pagan items? Are they hidden away down there?

I’m genuinely interested in learning this history,

If anyone has insight, I’m all ears

Basic info I found:

Pagan Ireland, 5th century and before

Samhain/ Celebration

Midnight Oct 31 to midnight Nov 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

God - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Cruach

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Isle-of-the-Blessed-Ireland-and-the-Fetters-of-Cronos

Monuments and sacred land

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magh_Slécht

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_Fáil

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rathcroghan

St. Patrick’s Christian Influence and Colonization

Staff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachal_Isu

Bible - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Armagh

Church - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland)

Post 5th Century writings -

Haladriel

Multiple chapters, or maybe it's multiple fics in a series, idk

She ends up calling him Mairon, which he enjoys.

They typically meet in dreams, and at one point she unknowingly uses her power to take a piece of his soul to create a child, which he didn't know was possible. She goes on a rant about how elves can only have max 2 children. He creates a house in the dreams & other things about his vision of the kingdom.