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For authentic Irish Bealtaine resources from Irish Pagan School: https://irishpagan.school/bealtaine

Most of what you'll find online about Bealtaine isn't Irish. In this video, Jon O'Sullivan (Irish Seanchai and co-founder of Irish Pagan School) takes you through what actually happened on May Day in Ireland: the May Bush, not the Maypole; yellow flowers on the threshold; May Dew gathered before sunrise; the rule of no fire and no lending on May Morning; and the bonfire traditions from Munster and the southeast.

All content is sourced from primary and secondary scholarship on Irish folk tradition, including Kevin Danaher, The Year in Ireland (Mercier Press, 1972).

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About Irish Pagan School: led by Lora O'Brien MA (Irish Draoi, author of eight books, MA Irish Regional History) and Jon O'Sullivan (Irish Seanchai, tour guide at the Tara complex). We serve 47,800+ students globally, offering authentic, living Irish tradition grounded in scholarship and practice.

Tags: Irish Pagan, Bealtaine, May Day Ireland, Irish folklore, Irish traditions, Irish mythology, Irish spirituality, authentic Bealtaine, May Bush, May Dew, Irish Paganism, Jon O'Sullivan, Irish Pagan School

Fáilte! Welcome to the Podcast, with your hosts - authors and co-founders of the Irish Pagan School) - Lora O'Brien and Jon O'Sullivan.

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