Episode 27: The Gift of the Irish: Favorite Tales for Every Age

Leprechauns are fun, but is there more to Irish literature?! Diving into our Irish inheritance, Charity Hill offers insight into Irish literature. She suggests that what makes Irish literature distinctive is the way it navigates paradoxes. Charity uses Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role to identify characteristics of Irish literature. Because literature emerges from cultural context, Charity notices how the literature reflects the paradoxes of pagan and Christian Ireland: high/low, darkness/light.
Don't miss the radio theatre production of The Trials of St. Patrick. View this trailer with John Rhys-Davies...Pretty heart-stopping.
As promised, I am listing all the hard-to-find books!
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The Prince of Ireland and the Three Magic Stallions by Bryce Milligan
The King of Ireland's Son by Brendan Behan (master oral storyteller!)
Flying Feet: A Story of Irish Dance by Anna Marlis Burgard and Dees McCloskey
The Names Upon the Harp: Irish Myths and Legends by Marie Heaney
The one and only...Prince Boghole by Erik Christian Haugaard or these copies
The Cottage at Bantry BayFrancie On the RunPegeen
You will find the rest of our suggested books HERE.
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