Cermand Cestach, the Glossary
Cermand Cestach was the name of a gold-covered pagan cult image which stood in Clogher Cathedral, County Tyrone, Ireland until the Middle Ages.[1]
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32 relations: Armagh, Óengus of Tallaght, Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa, Cú Chulainn, Clogher, Clones, County Monaghan, Conchobar mac Nessa, Conn of the Hundred Battles, Corkaree, County Tyrone, Crom Cruach, Cult image, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Gloss (annotation), Hill of Tara, Ireland, Irish Naturalists' Journal, Isle of Man, John Toland, Leinster, Mac Cairthinn of Clogher, Middle Ages, Omphalos of Delphi, Ptolemy, Pythia, Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher, Saint Patrick, Scarva, Tigernach of Clones, Ulster, Ulster Cycle, William Hamilton Drummond.
- Buildings and structures in County Tyrone
- Cult images
Armagh
Armagh (Ard Mhacha,, "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
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Óengus of Tallaght
Óengus mac Óengobann, better known as Saint Óengus of Tallaght or Óengus the Culdee, was an Irish bishop, reformer and writer, who flourished in the first quarter of the 9th century and is held to be the author of the Félire Óengusso ("Martyrology of Óengus") and possibly the Martyrology of Tallaght.
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Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa
Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (February 1439 – March 1498) was an Irish historian.
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Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn, is an Irish warrior hero and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore.
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Clogher
Clogher is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Clones, County Monaghan
Clones (meaning 'meadow of Eois') is a small town in the west of County Monaghan in Ireland.
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Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa (son of Ness) is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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Conn of the Hundred Battles
Conn Cétchathach, or Conn of the Hundred Battles, son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was a legendary High King of Ireland who is claimed to be the ancestor of the Connachta, and through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, which dominated Ireland in the early Middle Ages.
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Corkaree
Corkaree is a barony in north County Westmeath, Ireland.
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County Tyrone
County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland.
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Crom Cruach
Crom Cruach (Cromm Crúaich) was a pagan god of pre-Christian Ireland.
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Cult image
In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents. Cermand Cestach and cult image are cult images.
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Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill (Scottish Gaelic:; Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore.
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Gloss (annotation)
A gloss is a brief notation, especially a marginal or interlinear one, of the meaning of a word or wording in a text.
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Hill of Tara
The Hill of Tara (Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
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Irish Naturalists' Journal
The Irish Naturalists' Journal is a scientific journal covering all aspects of natural history.
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Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.
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John Toland
John Toland (30 November 167011 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions of the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
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Mac Cairthinn of Clogher
Saint Mac Cairthinn, also Macartan, McCartan (died 506), is recognized as the first presiding Bishop of Clogher from 454 to his death.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Omphalos of Delphi
The Omphalos of Delphi is an ancient marble monument that was found at the archaeological site of Delphi, Greece.
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
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Pythia
Pythia (Πυθία) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
The Diocese of Clogher (Dioecesis Clogheriensis; Deoise Chlochair) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
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Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig or; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.
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Scarva
Scarva (meaning "shallow place, rough ford") is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Tigernach of Clones
Tigernach mac Coirpri (d. 549) was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones (County Monaghan) in the province of Ulster.
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Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
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Ulster Cycle
The Ulster Cycle (an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid.
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William Hamilton Drummond
William Hamilton Drummond, D.D. (August 1778 – 16 October 1865) was an Irish poet, animal rights writer and controversialist.
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See also
Buildings and structures in County Tyrone
- Blessingbourne House
- Caledon House
- Cermand Cestach
- Charlemont Bridge
- County Hall, Omagh
- Favour Royal
- Lifford Bridge
- Lissan House
- List of Grade A listed buildings in County Tyrone
- List of Grade B+ listed buildings in County Tyrone
- List of monastic houses in County Tyrone
- Omagh Courthouse
- Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex
- Patrician Hall
- Strule Arts Centre
Cult images
- Antinous Mondragone
- Aphrodite of Knidos
- Apollo of Cyrene
- Asclepius of Milos
- Athena Giustiniani
- Athena Parthenos
- Cermand Cestach
- Chryselephantine sculpture
- Cult image
- Deity Figure from Rarotonga
- False god
- Fetishism
- Golden Idol
- Golden calf
- Guatimac
- Mangareva Statue
- Mask of Warka
- Murti
- Palaikastro Kouros
- Palladium (classical antiquity)
- Piraeus Apollo
- Strangford Apollo
- Swamimalai Bronze Icons
- Tauroctony
- Teraphim
- Uruk Trough
- Venus Callipyge
- Venus Genetrix (sculpture)
- Vidovdanka
- Xoanon