Celtic Moment

Full coverage of the 2008 UK Strongest Man from Belfast, Northern Ireland

“Hands” is a foundly remembered Irish television program that ran from 1977 until the early 80′s and showcased some of the country’s finest craftsmen and women.

“Hands” is a fondly remembered Irish television program that ran from 1977 until the early 80′s and showcased some of the country’s finest craftsmen and women.

Irish history with Pat Flannery. This was filmed 11/5/07. Pat talks about the history of County Cork. For more about Pat, check his website – patflannery.com

To conclude, some speculation on what might actually have happened to him after he “disappeared”, and a summing up of his lasting contribution to Welsh identity and Welsh history.

Originally posted 2010-10-28 03:07:51.

A look at Anglicanism from the Reigns of King James I/VI, King Charles I and the English Commonwealth and Protectorate.

Many attempts have been made to set Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience” to music, including classical composers, William Bolcom (1984), Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and folk singers Greg Brown (1987), and Finn Coren.” The attempt I am most familiar with is by hip poet, Allen Ginsberg, who accompanied himself on harmonium on his 1970 recording. As a lover of Blake’s poetry I decided to try recording the complete collection of poems, set partly to original music and partly to adaptations of folk tunes. It is presented here in eight videos, with some assistance from my sister, Annette, also a lover of Blake, and my nephew, Lachlan. William Blake (1757-1827), now famous for his unique poetic and artistic vision, was not recognised in his own lifetime. His incredibly rich and imaginative poetry expresses a romantic and mystical view of the world, and, though he loved the Bible, an extreme hostility to established religion and the conventional view of marriage, which earned him a reputation for madness or at least eccentricity. Blake believed Innocence and Experience were the two contrary states of the human soul, and both essential for life. The poems in “Songs of Innocence” either express a child’s point of view or are about children. Many have a matching poem in “Songs of Experience”, giving a different and darker perspective.Though Blake believed children needed to become experienced, he blamed social exploitation, such as child labour, and dogmatic …

Slideshow of some old photos of Carlow

Dr Engels goes on to explain the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “Sawain”) and how it relates to modern Halloween. Stay tuned for more!