Crom Dubh (Old Irish:[kromduβ], Scottish Gaelic:[kʰɾɔumt̪uh]; meaning "black crooked [one]"; also Crum Dubh, Dark Crom) is a mythological and folkloric figure of Ireland, based on the god Crom Cruach, mentioned in the 12th-century dinnseanchas of Magh Slécht.[1]
^Nutt, The Celtic Doctrine of Re-Birth (1897), p. 149.
CromDubh (Old Irish: [krom duβ], Scottish Gaelic: [kʰɾɔum t̪uh]; meaning "black crooked [one]"; also Crum Dubh, Dark Crom) is a mythological and folkloric...
figure CromDubh. The references in a dinsenchas ("place-lore") poem in the 12th century to sacrifice in exchange for milk and grain suggest that Crom had...
County Limerick, Ireland Crom Cruach, a deity of pre-Christian Ireland CromDubh, a mythological and folkloric figure of Ireland Crom, a fictional character...
the Dagda, and he also has similarities with the later harvest figure CromDubh. Several tribal groupings saw the Dagda as an ancestor and were named...
Patrick, while CromDubh is a pagan chief who owns a granary or a bull and who opposes Patrick, but is overcome and converted. CromDubh is likely the...
proto-Celtic Cimmerian people. The name Crom is probably derived from the Old Irish deity Crom Cruach or CromDubh. Crom is the chief god of the Cimmerian pantheon...
of the sponge was discovered by the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. Crom Cruach, CromDubh Irish mythology in popular culture: Balor Viy#Folkloric sources...
Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Cruaiche), Garland Sunday or CromDubh Sunday (Irish: Domhnach CromDubh) is an annual day of pilgrimage in Ireland. On the last...
Some believe the Dullahan to be the embodied spirit of the Celtic god CromDubh. The fantasy film Darby O'Gill and the Little People features a Dullahan...
Glavanak Cromlech, an oval stone circle near Dolni Glavanak, Bulgaria CromDubh "Definition of CROMLECH". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved Apr 4, 2023...
his arm. Some versions of the story claim the dullahan is the spirit of CromDubh, a Celtic god worshipped in Ireland until the arrival of Christian missionaries...
18th century at Cois Fharraige in Ireland (where they were offered to CromDubh) and at Loch Maree in Scotland (where they were offered to Saint Máel...
18th century at Cois Fharraige in Ireland (where they were offered to CromDubh) and at Loch Maree in Scotland (where they were offered to Saint Máel...
as CromDubh. When excavated and placed upright on its flat base, it was found to lean obliquely from the vertical, perhaps explaining the name Crom, "bent...
Cormaic macAirt 62b Acso ant adhbhar fanabar Domnach CromDubh Tale on origin of the name CromDubh Sunday 63-72a Account of the life of Christ, and acts...
of the cathedral at Ballina, County Mayo. Modern folklore tells that CromDubh was the cow which revealed the presence of the saintly child by licking...
Limerick-Kilmallock road is nearby. The largest stone is Rannach Chruim Duibh (CromDubh's Division) and is over 4m high and weighs 40 tonnes. The entrance of the...
na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh (died 1224) Giolla Íosa Mac Fir Bisigh (died 1301) Gilla Duibin Mac Cruitín (died 1405), Irish musician Gilla Dubh Ó Flaithbheartaigh...
modern times, the cairn was visited by locals on the last Sunday in July (CromDubh's Sunday), a remnant of the Celtic festival of Lughnasadh. Celebrants climbed...
and was built to enclose the catchment basin of the Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs. The name 'Mourne' is derived from the name of a Gaelic clan or...
in 441 AD, and his fights to banish the pagan deity of CromDubh, several of which involve Crom taking the form of a bull which ends up being drowned in...
suggested that it may translate as "meeting place of followers of the god Crom" or "crooked oak", the latter a reference to a large oak tree that apparently...
county contains numerous lochs, the most prominent of these being Loch Ailsh, Crom Loch, Loch a' Choire Mhòir, Loch Fada, Lochan Gaineamhaich, Loch Cluanie...
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