Fergus Archives - A Letter from Ireland

Celtic Druids and Irish Surnames – Do You See Your Family Name Here?

By Evan Collins | June 1, 2023 |

Walking among the stones - Kealkil Stone Circle, County Cork

Explore the Druidic families of Ireland and their professions in this week’s letter. Some Irish surnames are associated with professions, such as “Hickey” for “Healer” and “Ward” for “son of the Bard”. Who knows, your family might have inherited a trait from these ancient times!

The Stone Circles and Druids of Ireland

By Mike Collins | January 17, 2018 |

Have you heard of the Druids of Ireland? Long before Christianity reached Ireland’s shores, there was a complex culture of beliefs involving the practices of law, medicine, and the oral tradition. In this letter we discuss the Druids, the ancient intellectual class of ancient Ireland.