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Caill Tomair (Middle
Irish 'Thor's Grove') was a
sacred grove dedicated to the
North Germanic god Thor.
Located near the Norse-Gaelic city of Dublin, the...
- m****acre of 4,500
captive pagan Saxons ordered by
Charlemagne in 782
Caill Tomair, a
grove dedicated to Thor destro**** by the
forces of
Brian Boru in early...
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found almost exclusively in
eastern Scandinavia; however,
there is a
Caill Tomair recorded near Dublin, an oak
forest apparently sacred to Thor. Reverence...
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still used in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland).[citation needed]
Caill Tomair, a
sacred grove near
Dublin targeted by
Brian Boru in the year 1000 Scandinavian...
- (and has
direct cognates in
Norse settlements in Ireland, such as
Coill Tomair),
whereas Þórshof
appears particularly often in
southern Norway. Torsö (Thor's...
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TomAir Commodore Tom Webb-Bowen CB, CMG (1879–1956) 20
September 1919 27 January...
- they
burned both the
settlement itself and the
nearby sacred grove,
Caill Tomair (Old
Irish 'Thor's Grove'),
which apparently stood on the
north side of...
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April –
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- It is
possible that the
eponym of the ring is
identical to that of
Caill Tomair ("The Wood of Tomar"), a
forest seemingly situated north of Dublin, attested...
