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Tir Na NogTír na nÓg Tír na nÓg Otherworld realm in Irish mythology This article is about the land of eternal youth in Irish mythology. For other uses, see Tír na nÓg (disambiguation). 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] The 'Land of the Ever Young' depicted by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920). In Scottish Gaelic it is spelt Tìr nan Òg[3] ([ˌtʲʰiːɾʲ nən̪ˠ ˈɔːk]) and in Manx, Cheer nyn Aeg.[4] Description, themes, and… (Source: Wikipedia)
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