The very earliest communal gathering and feasting for which we have solid evidence are known as fulachta fia. These were the locations where an animal, probably a deer or boar, was cooked following a hunt. The sharing of food is a social act that creates and maintains bonds and obligations within a group or community, which seems to have been the entire function of these feasts. Continue reading
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Professor J. Otway-Ruthven (1909-1989)
A ‘Brief Life’ of Professor J. Otway-Ruthven. Continue reading