The Newest News Dance First, a film about Samuel Beckett One of my favorite online literary haunts is Lithub. It is like a cozy but very busy bookstore, full of smart and pleasant people who are happy to tell you what to read, what not to read (unless you really, […]
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 […]
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”. […]