Published on October 23rd, 2009 by Malachi
This is Part Two of the essay that you read Part One of yesterday (qv).
“That there is no Irish Goddess of Love is often attributed to the Irish “inclination” to chastity, celibacy, and the maternal. But to my mind it is better explained that the continuum of love, sexuality, nurturing, are to be [...]
Published on October 22nd, 2009 by Malachi
Here is an essay that I wrote some time ago, as an introduction to Book One of “Herself Long Ago”
“What was it like being a woman a thousand years ago? The strong clear voices of these Irishwomen inform us about their lives, their hearts and minds. They impress us powerfully across the centuries.
The women here [...]
Published on September 30th, 2009 by Malachi
The Poetry of Irish Women- poets of the 8th-10th century. Their Ireland is an Ireland of Old ways and a New Church; an Ireland of Celts, of Celtic laws and tradition, full of families and kingdoms and poetry schools; full of poetry and epic and story and song and harp; an Ireland of beautiful books; an Ireland that feared Viking Invaders. An Ireland before there was an England, that brought Ireland to Scotland and down into the north of England. It was a world that knew a lot and still had much to learn.
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