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A World of Tricksters and Hellhounds and Hero Horses: Beasts of Myth and Legend are available in ebook and paperback formats.
A World of Trickstersebookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B086M2Y1WV paperbackhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0915330172 Hellhounds and Hero Horses: Beasts of Myth and Legendebookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B086WQGJ1Z paperbackhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0915330180 Details for Tricksters at —https://mazgeenlegendary.wordpress.com/a-world-of-tricksters/ Details for Hellhounds at —https://mazgeenlegendary.wordpress.com/hellhounds-and-hero-horses-beasts-of-myth-and-legend/
Irish Storytelling in the North of Spain, March-April 2019
27 March at the Official Schools of Languages in Laredo and Castro Urdiales in Cantabria is the only date so far. Itinerary at Information at http://www.richardmarsh.ie/storyteller.htm To book a session contact me at richard at richardmarsh dot ie If you … Continue reading
Galician Urco and Irish Púca
Cervexa Suevia in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, no longer produces Urco, a dark strong ale. Perhaps the graphic label on the bottle scared off the drinkers. The urco, from the Latin orcus meaning the Underworld, is a presage of … Continue reading
New Kinney mosaic mural – Tír na nÓg / Oisín and Niamh
Among the late Desmond Kinney’s mosaic murals are the 1974 Setanta or Táin Wall (it’s the banner above; see that page on this blog) and the 1987 Sweeney Astray / Mad Sweeney (see the “Buile Shuibhne mural destroyed” entry on … Continue reading
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Tagged Desmond Kinney, Land of Youth, Mad Sweeney, Oisín and Niamh, Setanta Wall, Sweeney Astray, Tír na nÓg
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The Mayo Curse – Update Update
Latest update: Mayo lost again to Dublin in 2017 by one point — DUBLIN 1-17 MAYO 1-16. Mayo lost the (2016) rematch. It was a draw, and Paddy Power felt that since neither team played brilliantly bettors deserved a refund … Continue reading
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The Dream of Eithlinn
A Myth and Legend Spectacular Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 17-20 August 2016 When Aron and Sorcha Hegarty began their Irish myth and legend Candlelit Tales sessions at the Stag’s Head pub in Dublin nearly two years ago, the dozen or … Continue reading
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Story from Devon, England
Two sisters from Dartmoor in Devon reminisce about granny’s Christmas cake disaster. https://www.facebook.com/bbcspotlight/videos/705707666161401/?pnref=story
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MythFest 3-7 June 2015 – Trinity College Dublin
I went to all nine performances. Here are the highlights. Click on photos to enlarge. Homer’s Odyssey Penelope is leaving one of some 3000 voice messages to Odysseus asking when he is coming home. Blind Homer seated on right. Ahoy! … Continue reading
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Buile Shuibhne mural destroyed
Sweeney Astray, the mosaic mural at the Irish Life Centre on Abbey Street in Dublin, by Desmond Kinney, the same artist who made the Setanta Wall pictured above, was seriously damaged by a storm in February. When I saw it … Continue reading
Storytelling at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
The show was recorded for Dublin Community Television (DCTV) in July 2013. We were told it would be broadcast some time in 2014. Here is a photo of all the tellers. Some of the performances are available here. Note that the … Continue reading
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