Tír na nÓg

In Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg (/ˌtɪərnæˈnoʊɡ/ TEER-nan-OHG,^[1] Irish: [ˌtʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; lit. 'Land of the Young') or Tír na hÓige ('Land of Youth') is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld. Tír na nÓg is best known from the tale of Oisín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɔʃiːnʲ, ɔˈʃiːnʲ]) and Niamh (Irish pronunciation: [n̠ʲiəw]).^[2]

In Scottish Gaelic it is spelt Tìr nan Òg^[3] ([ˌtʲʰiːɾʲ nən̪ˠ ˈɔːk]) and in Manx, Cheer nyn Aeg.^[4]

^ Stevenson, Angus, ed. (2010) [1998]. "Tir-na-nog". Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199571123 – via Oxford Reference.
^ Rolleston, T.A. (1990). Celtic Myths and Legends. Courier Dover Publications.
^ Chì Mi / I See: Bàrdachd Dhòmhnaill Iain Dhonnchaidh / The Poetry of Donald John MacDonald, edited by Bill Innes. Acair, Stornoway, 2021. Pages 362-365.
^ Mannanan's Cloak: An Anthology of Manx Literature by Robert Corteen Carswell, London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2010, pp. 165-166. (translation by Robert Corteen Carswell)

[1] Stevenson, Angus, ed. (2010) [1998]. "Tir-na-nog". Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199571123 – via Oxford Reference.

[2] Rolleston, T.A. (1990). Celtic Myths and Legends. Courier Dover Publications.

[3] Chì Mi / I See: Bàrdachd Dhòmhnaill Iain Dhonnchaidh / The Poetry of Donald John MacDonald, edited by Bill Innes. Acair, Stornoway, 2021. Pages 362-365.

[4] Mannanan's Cloak: An Anthology of Manx Literature by Robert Corteen Carswell, London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2010, pp. 165-166. (translation by Robert Corteen Carswell)

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