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Space, place and displacement in two Gaelic songs
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
A discussion of the texts, music and cultural context of two songs from Tory Island, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives on spatiality and place.
Seán Bán Mac Grianna and 'Christine Keeler'
(Celtic and Scottish Studies, 2014)
First publication of the song 'Christine Keeler' by Seán Bán Mac Grianna, made in 1963, with a discussion of its relevance for oral tradition and bard baile (township poetry).
The Gaelic Undertow: Seán Ó hEochaidh's field trip to the Bluestacks in 1947
(Cambridge Scholars' Press, 2013)
A discussion of perspectives by Seán Ó hEochaidh in life in the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, in the mid-twentieth century.
Cailís mo chuid fola/ the chalice of my blood: stigmatized female identity in Celia de Fréine’s Fiacha Fola
(Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra/Coimbra University Press, 2017)
Discussion of Celia de Fréine's poetry collection 'Fiacha Fola' (2005) about the Hepatitis C scandal
Ó chroí amach: ceist na haéistéitice in amhránaíocht na Gaeilge
(Cló Iar-Chonnacht, 2002)
[No abstract available]
“Tá cuid de na mná blasta/Some Women Are Sweet Talkers”: Representations of Women in Seán Ó hEochaidh’s Field Diaries for the Irish Folklore Commission
(Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses, 2017)
This article discusses representations of women in diaries written by Sean O hEochaidh as part of his work as a field collector for the Irish Folklore Commission (1935-1971). Focusing on a number of well-described events ...
Confessions of a song junkie
(Irish Pages, 2006)
[No abstract available]
Murder in a meadow: Environmental and cultural extinction in Cathal Ó Searcaigh's "Scrúdú Coinsiasa Roimh Dhul Chun Suain"
(Brill, 2017-11)
An ecocritical reading of a poem by Cathal Ó Searcaigh
Traditional song in Ireland: living fossil or dynamic resource
(Festival 500 Sharing the voices, 1997)
When I submitted the abstract of this paper, I did not realize that the late
Frank Harrison used almost exactly the same title in an 6 Riada memorial lecture
at University College Cork, Ireland some years ago (Harrison, ...
National identity and local ethnicity: the case of the Gaelic League's Oireachtas sean-nós singing competitions
A discussion of traditional singing as a cultural phenomenon in contemporary Ireland, together with a brief historical overview.