Feature Films
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Screening of DRAIOCHT in Galway

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This is a treat! The Galway Advertiser reports: On Thursday September 4 there is a very special screening of Draíocht, starring Gabriel Byrne, first shown on the opening night of Teilifís na Gaeilge on Halloween 1996. The film was written by Byrne, who plays a soldier coming home from the […]

Television
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Draíocht: a film in the Irish language

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Draíocht, draoidheacht. This Irish term, whose literal translation is (1) druidic art, druidism, (2) witchcraft, magic; charm, enchantment, is a ‘power’ or ‘talent’ attributed to the Tuatha Dé Danann in their ability to overcome the Fir Bolg, who preceded them in Ireland. Cf. Ir. draoitheach, ‘magician, wizard’; see also “druid”. […]