Considers the frequency of the element Lugu- in toponomy; the coincidence in date of the festival of Lugnusad and the annual festival in hounour of the Emperor Augustus at Lugudunum (Lyons); and the similarity of the Lug’s epithet samildánach to Caesar’s characterisation of Mercury as omnium inventor artium.
Investigates the rituals and attributes associated with the Gaulish healing divinity Bormo, and refers to his relationship with the Irish Óengus mac Óc, Dían Cécht and Lug, among others.
Offers a detailed comparison between Lug Lámfada, Lleu Llawgyffes, the British hero Caradoc and the Breton saint Budoc, with the aim of establishing that they all are equivalent mythological personae.
Lacey (Brian): Lug’s forgotten Donegal kingdom: the archaeology, history and folklore of the Síl Lugdach of Cloghaneely.
Dublin: Four Courts, 2012. x + 141 pp.
Rev. by
Charles W. MacQuarrie, in Speculum 89/2 (Apr., 2014), pp. 504-506.
Vicky McAlister, in StH 40 (2014), pp. 202-203.
Liam Ronayne, in JRSAI 141 (2011), pp. 221-223.