Marie Heaney

'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts - which have fascinated the Irish mind for more than 2,000 years . . . Most of them have an extraordinary, stark narrative sweep, with a marvellous sense of detail . . . Heaney writes directly and fluently . . . with great tact and skill.' Sunday Times

A Book of Irish Legends

Over Nine Waves

For thousands of listeners to RTE 1, Sunday morning means Sunday Miscellany. The programme's mix of 'music and musings' has evoked memories and provoked responses in its listeners for over thirty years. It is the mingling of the professional and the amateur that gives the radio programme its unique appeal and in Sunday Miscellany: A selection from 2003 and 2004, this pattern is maintained. Here you will find familiar and unfamiliar names writing on topics that range from the anecdotal to the factual, from the personal to the historical, from the humorous to the poignant. Sunday Miscellany: A selection from 2003 and 2004 will give listeners-turned-readers a chance to revisit the places, to recapture the memories, to relive the stories, to hear again those Sunday morning voices that came across the airways so fleetingly and memorably.

A Selection from 2003 and 2004

Sunday Miscellany

Every Sunday morning, for almost thirty years, we've spread the butter on our toast to the sound of many a strange tale: tales about bees and onions, about meeting Pele, about working at the Ritz; tales about small towns in Wyoming and encouters in Iran, Christmas puddings and Horslips and lobsters... We've met the real Big Tom and gone walking on water, seen a sunset with smudges and a light in the dark... Listening to Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio 1 is a familiar Sunday morning ritual for the thousands of people who tune in regularly to hear contributions which range from personal reminisces to the praise of heroes, from sporting highlights to historical events, from humorous interludes to poignant memories. Sunday Miscellany: A Selection brings together known and lesser-known writers in a celebration of the rich fabric of life and culture, the inventiveness of the human voice and the scope of the human mind, including the most memorable pieces from the last five years. There are familiar names here, from Peter Jankowsky to Frances Donoghue, Michael Harding to Cyril Kelly, Nuala Hayes to Sam McAughtry. And there are some not so familiar, the other voices that mingle and merge to

A Selection from 1995-2000

" dziedzictwo minionych wieków, które leży u podstaw tożsamości wyspy Marie Heaney kreśli przed czytelnikiem barwne historie celtyckich bohaterów, opowiada również o pierwszych chrześcijańskich świętych na wyspie. To szerokie spojrzenie pozwala poznać fascynujące dziedzictwo minionych wieków, które leży u podstaw tożsamości współczesnej Irlandii. Zebrane w tej książce podania należą do najstarszych w Europie i przez wieki były przekazywane z ust do ust. W średniowieczu zostały spisane, dzięki czemu nawet dziś możemy wkroczyć do świata pełnego wojowników, królów i magów. Trwałe miejsce w literaturze powszechnej zapewnia tym opowieściom ponadczasowość – opisywany w nich świat dawno przeminął, ale namiętności zamieszkujących go tyranów, intrygantów, upartych kobiet i zapalczywych mężczyzn żyją nadal. "

Za dziewiątą falą. Księga legend irlandzkich

Night Poems and Lullabies

All Through the Night

This is a collection of classic Irish legends, retold for children of eight and over by an accomplished writer, and exquisitely illustrated in full colour by an award-winning illustrator. Fiercely fought battles, passionate romances, spells and curses, heroes and villains, loyalty and betrayal: these ancient tales combine all the essential ingredients of great drama with unforgettable storytelling. Marie Heaney and PJ Lynch provide their own interpretation of one of the world's greatest literary traditions in this stunning collection, which includes a previously unpublished poem translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney.

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