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Voices from a Hidden People,3,Connacht Mayo,RTE.ie 1971 Irish heritage, music,poetry,culture

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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 Connacht, Mayo, Galway, Conamara. Clár álainn ó RTÉ TV50 faoi Raiftearaí, Riocard Bairéad agus go leor eile... We go to Raftery country in Co. Mayo. Anthony Raftery, born near Kiltimagh in 1784, was blinded by smallpox and became a travelling musician. 'Cill Aodháin' and 'Máire Ní Eidhin' are among his finest compositions. The programme then goes to Erris country of school-master revolutionary Ricard Bairéad noted for 'Eoghan Coir' and 'Preab San Ol'. Most children in Ireland learn poems by Raftery (or at least we used to) and others from the same era, connecting us to the ancient nature loving tradition and introducing us to the courtly verse of itinerant bards; knowledge that can help build Irish identity. 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/9781908634153?auth=0 http://login.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu:8080/login?url= https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781908634153/9781908634153-3.pdf 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/literaryfestival/writers/bio/diarmaid-o-muirithe RTE http://www.rte.ie/player has a fabulous free, high quality, Video on Demand (VOD) service available globally; it is also on BSB Sky in Europe, etc. RTE Player allows viewers everywhere to watch great programming in Irish on RTE live and also some previously aired programmes on demand for up to 3 weeks. And no, this is not RTE, just one fan, providing deiseanna usáid a bhaint as do chuid Gaeilge. To contact us, write to soothinghand@gmail.com (we may well not see any comments below).