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‘”An Ideal Wife?” Alexander Carmichael’s Deirdire & Revivalist ideals of beauty, dignity & death’

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On 13 May 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome Dr Kate Louise Mathis (Aberystwyth University) to discuss ‘”An Ideal Wife?” Alexander Carmichael’s Deirdire & Revivalist ideals of beauty, dignity & death’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Alexander Carmichael’s rendition of the story of Deirdre first appears in the Transactions of the… Continue reading →

‘Mourning the Maic Uislenn: Blood, Death and Grief in Longes Mac nUislenn and Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach’

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On Tuesday 5 February 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome Kate Mathis who discussed ‘Mourning the Maic Uislenn: Blood, Death and Grief in Longes Mac nUislenn and Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. This lecture was focused on Deirdre (Deirdriu) from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, specifically, her mourning of… Continue reading →