Facts about Tír na nÓg, Irish Land of Youth
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A name meaning 'Land of the Young' in Irish, Tír na nÓg belongs to a broader Celtic tradition of paradisiacal islands shared with Welsh and other Gaelic mythologies.
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Returning from Tír na nÓg, Oisín instantly ages centuries upon touching Irish soil, a motif illustrating the realm's suspension of mortal time.
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Among the four classical Irish otherworld realms, Tír na nÓg is most closely associated with the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine race displaced by mortal humans.
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The story of Oisín and Niamh is the most celebrated tale associated with Tír na nÓg, in which a mortal warrior is brought to the eternal realm by a supernatural woman.
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In Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg is an otherworldly realm where inhabitants never age, described as lying beyond the western sea.