Tir na Og

[ Tir na Og ] [ Locations | Powers ]

Tir na Og

Location: Outlands / Ringlands

Ah, Tir na Og—or depending who you ask, Tír na nÓg—the ‘land of the young’. Slap bang in midst of the Outlands, it’s a realm of green rolling hills, lochs, forests and mountains straight out of the tall stories of bards. The gods of old walk the lands here, and the air hums with ancient magic. Now, the Tuatha de Danann—a clan of Celtic powers descending from a long vanished mother power named Dana—aren’t the first occupants of the lands here; they ‘took over’ from Firbolg and Fomorians who dwelled here before. But so long as you’re not some kind of giant, the Tuatha de are pretty welcoming; they’ve let other Celtic powers who aren’t directly in their clan settle here too; bloods like Silvanus, Epona, Andraste and Nehalennia. Still more powers wander the lands, without a permanent base. Safety in numbers, after all… especially if the berks that you took the land from still want it back.

While Tir na Og is the shared realm of the Celtic powers, it’s not just the powers who live here. The dozens of burgs and villages that are scattered across the realm bustle with planars, petitioners, visiting fey, and even primes. The day to day running of the burgs and their politics is under the purview of the High Monarch of Tir na Og, a petitioner selected from late worthy Kings and Queens of Celtic lands on their arrival in Tir na Og. The current High Queen is Gormflaith, and it’s her role to balance the needs of the populace with the often fickle demands of the powers, with their proxies sticking an oar or three in to stir up the waters too, of course.

Now, let me take you on a little jaunt through the rest of this mystical land…

Tir na Og, the Land of Youth

• Bánóg (realm of Áine)
• Balgatan (ruined burg of the Fir Bolg)
• Bloody Field (realm of the Morrigan) — a place of battle and strife, where the constant clang of swords and the cries of warriors fill the air
  • Lake of Sorrows (site)
  • Oweynagat the Caverns of Woe (site)
• Bruig na Boinne (realm of Aengus) — a place where spring reigns eternal, the flowers bloom endlessly
• Colijnsplaat (realm of Nehalennia)
• Epona’s Stable (realm of Epona)
• Donall (realm town) — a bustling place where the folk of Tir Na Og come to trade, gossip, and revel
• Great Smithy (realm of Goibhniu) — a place of fire and metal, where the clang of hammers never ceases
  • Goibhniu’s Forge (site)
  • Goibhniu’s Rest (sites)
  • Macleod (realm town)
• Gwyllach (realm town)
• House of Knowledge (realm of Oghma) — a vast library where the wisdom of the ages is stored
  • Palace of Oghma (site)
  • Song’s Joy (realm town)
  • Surcease (realm town)
  • The Spring of Knowledge (site)
  • The Spring of Poetry (site)
  • The Pool of Music (site)
• Kingdom of Tir na Og (organisation)
• Lake Gwyll (site)
• Loch Finn (site)
• Mag Mell (realm of the Daghda) — a land of plenty, where the fields are always fertile and the larder is always full
  • Conall (realm town)
  • Cromlech (realm town)
  • Delaney (realm town)
  • Westcote (realm town)
  • Grove of the Daghda (site)
• Mag Tuired, the Plain of Pillars (realm of Nuada) — grasslands dotted with standing stones that hum with ancient power
• Mount Victory (realm of Andraste)
• Muirshead (realm town)
• Pinnacle, the (realm of Dunatis) — a mountain of solitude and contemplation, the highest point of the realm
• Stalking Grounds, the (lands of the Wild Hunt)
• Summeroak (realm of Silvanus) — an untamed forest where the wild heart of Tir Na Og beats strongest
• Tir fo Thiunn (realm of Manannan) — a vast lake of mists and mystery
  • Manannan’s Palace (site)
  • The Grottos of Maghera (site)
• Well of Sláine (realm of Airmed)

Powers of Tir na Og

• Tuatha de Danann
  • Aengus (power of love)
  • Áine (power of blessings)
  • Airmed (power of herbalism)
  • Cú Chulainn (wandering power of heroism)
  • the Daghdha (power of weather and leader of the Tuatha de Danann)
  • Dian Cécht (power of healing)
  • Goibhniu (power of craft)
  • Lugh (power of blessings)
  • Manannan mac Lir (power of the sea)
  • the Morrigan (power of battle)
  • Nuada (power of kings and rulers)
  • Oghma (power of knowledge)
• Other Celtic Powers
  • Andraste (power of victory)
  • Cernunnos (power of the wild)
  • Connla (eladrin empyreal lord of the geased)
  • Dunatis (power of mountains)
  • Epona (power of horses)
  • Nehalennia (power of seafarers)
  • Rosmerta (power of wealth)
  • Silvanus (power of nature)
  • Wild Hunt (embodiment of the hunt)

Source: Jon Winter-Holt

Many Thanks To: Alexander Crim for super helpful discussions about Celtic mythology, and Liam Cuthbert for help with pronunciation of some of the tricker names.