Áine

21.75" x 16.75"/53 x 43cm

Oil on aluminium panel

2025

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Áine was a goddess of summer who was known for her power over crops and animals, and was invoked to improve the fortunes of farmers. "Some say that Áine’s true dwelling-place is in her hill; upon which on every St. John’s Night the peasantry used to gather from all the immediate neighbourhood to view the moon, and then with torches (cliars) made of bunches of straw and hay tied on poles used to march in procession from the hill and afterwards run through cultivated fields and amongst the cattle."