Filí
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< fili >...."Member of a privilegedpowerful caste of poets,diviners and seers in early Ireland.To be distinguished from thelower-status bard and the brehon...
An Ollaimh Righ at the coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots, 1249.
Footprint used in king-making ceremonies, Dunadd
Seanchaí
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A seanchaí is a traditional Gaelic storyteller or historian, serving as an oral repository. In Scottish Gaelic the word is seanchaidh. The word is often anglicised as shanachie.
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…Pictland. A new royal power base and inauguration site was created at Scone beside the River Tay. The term poet is misleading, because the filid were also seanchaí – historians – who advised chieftains and kings on political matters. The filid were believed to have the power of divination, and therefore able to…
Seán Ó hEinirí, a seanchaí from County Mayo