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Ireland & the Irish 1971: literary, poetic & musical heritage & culture of Sliabh Luachra,Na Déise,Connacht Mayo, Muscraí, Armagh Louth Meath, Luimneach. **** To read on, click "show more" just below **** 'Voices from a Hidden People' was a series of six programmes, transmitted in 1971, that examined the literary and poetic heritage of six areas of Ireland. The series was inspired by Daniel Corkery's 'Hidden Ireland' published in 1924. The series was scripted and presented by Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (see below) and producedby Gerry Murray.. From http://www.rte.ie/tv50/programmes.html in 2012

The secrets of Múscraí. The fourth programme is from Múscraí and Uíbh Laoghaire. A hamlet in West Cork , focusing on a poem written by Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill. The greatest poem written in the district was the lament by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill for her dead husband Art Ó Laoghaire. The theme music is 'The Banks of Sullane' by Seán Ó Riada with also Cór Cois Laoi. RTE Light Orchestra, Pilib Ó Laoghaire (Conducter); Anna Neasa Ní Annracháin (Verse reader) TX 01/28/1971. http://www.rte.ie/player/fr/show/1003... http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2012/07/0...


Book - "Daniel Corkery's Cultural Criticism - Selected Writings" Heather Laird (2011) Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative cultural critic of the early Irish Free State. Since the 1960s, Corkery's name, however, has become increasingly synonymous with a narrow-gauge nationalism that, in the eyes of many, has sought to stifle an emerging 'modern' Ireland. This academic publication makes the case for a reassessment of Corkery's cultural criticism, and reveals that the commonplace depiction of a parochial and racist Corkery, while not entirely groundless, is based on a reading of his critical writings that is both selective and reductive. Corkery's cultural criticism is viewed in this book, not as the product of a backward-looking and insular nationalism, but as intellectual work within an international context of anti-colonialism. For more & downloads, see https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781908634...
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Diarmaid Ó Muirithe was born in Co. Wexford. He has been Statutory Lecturer in Irish at U.C.D., Emeritus, Fulbright Professor of English in the United States, and Professor of Irish Studies in Halifax, Canada. He has also been Guest Lecturer in Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton and Vienna. His television work includes not just the 1971 Voices, but also for RTE and BBC Brendan the Navigator, "Idir Súgradh agus Dáiríre" (a Jacobs Award win for this radio series) etc.. His many books include "The English Language in Ireland", "Words and Phrases from Gaelic in the English of Ireland", and "Words We Don't Use Much Any More". http://westcorkmusic.ie/literaryfesti..