Originally a notebook entry in 11/3/79 about some Irish resources I was interested in at the time.
- The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan. A novel about the 1798 invasion of Ireland by Republican France and the rebellion of County Mayo. The amazing theme in the book was the notion of the Irish poet, Gaelic, Celtic Owen McCarthy. The oral tradition.
- The Irish Renaissance. The late 19th and early 20th century Irish literature revival. W.B. Yeats, George William Russell (A.E.), James Joyce, and more. Celebrating Irish myth, folklore, drama, poetry, etc. The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats.
- The Celts by Gerhard Herm. The founders of Europe, Druids, King Arthur, The Holy Grail, Headhunters
- Horslips - A Celtic Symphony
- The Historical Map of Ireland
- Irish music by The Chieftains
- The Wild Geese. The Irish soldiers and their families who traveled to Europe to fight in Catholic countries (France & Spain) to fight against England.
- The Irish Diaspora. Display of the ancient Irish treasures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Ireland Today. The legacy of British imperialism.
- The Murder of Mountbatten. The symbol. A divided Ireland will always be a violent one.
11/2/09
I'm not sure what I was writing about in these notebook entries. This was all on one page. I did read Year of the French around that time.
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