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Tir-na-nog Irish Mythol.|ˈtɪənænəʊg|
Also Tir-nan-og, Tir-n-an-oge, etc.
[a. Ir. Tír na nÓg land of the young.]
A fabled land of perpetual youth, an Irish version of Elysium. Also transf.
1889W. B. Yeats Let. 29 July (1954) 132 The Irish peasant's notion that Tir-n-an-oge (the Country of the Young) is made up of three phantom islands. 1898E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions (new ed.) 590/2 The ancient inhabitants of Erin had..the vague belief that there somewhere existed a land where people were always youthful..and lived for ever. This country went by various names, as Tir-na-nóg, etc. 1906P. E. More Shelburne Ess. 4th Ser. 245 It is the Tir-nan-og of the Celts, the country of the young. 1938L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. x. 155 Don't talk to me about the Isles of Youth. These are the Isles of Senescence, of Inactivity... I do not want to sleep or dream of Tir n'an Og. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Mar. 82/3 Without a better balance, the science-created Tir na nog, the legendary Irish land of youth on earth, must result in the rigid Malthusian principle which population experts sternly predicted. 1980London Mag. Mar. 23 The old Irish myth of Tir nan-Og, the land of everlasting youthfulness. |