Kilkenny writer Karina Tynan has rewritten the Irish epic "Táin", a heroic tale focused on the legendary figure Cúchulainn, from the women’s perspective. "TÁIN: The Women's Stories" is the first ...
On Detained at the Blue Note, Jeff "Tain" Watts' first live outing as a leader, the effusive drummer lets loose with one of the most unrestrained performances he's ever released. Watts' uninhibited ...
Central work of the mythological Ulster cycle re-enacted by a dedicated group who trace the route of the magical journey over 150 miles from Roscommon to Louth. Of all the Irish sagas, the “Táin Bó ...
Epic:Frank O'Connor called it "a simply appalling text". It compares unfavourably with more elegant "national" epics, such as Beowulf, or Njal's Saga. Part of the problem is the complicated history of ...
One of the odder effects of the explosion of youth culture in the 1960s and early 1970s was what might be called a second Celtic Revival in Ireland. In the search for an alternative, ...
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