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Turas Teanga na Gaeilge (ECSLS11)

Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh takes you on a journey – a pilgrimage even – from his early childhood to his mature years in Donegal as an Irish speaker, painter, musician & writer.

The Irish Language played a pivotal role during the course of this voyage of self-awareness beginning, serendipitously, with the discovery of a little red Gaelic poetry book belonging to his older brother that brought Seoirse, 40 years later, to Vienna and a joint celebration of Gaelic /Austrian culture in the Schubertkirche where the composer Franz Schubert once worked as a schoolmaster. An unlikely outcome to a magical mystery tour!Illustration

The “stations” on this “turas” explore Irish culture and identity. Personal icons inspire him along the way: Seán Ó Riada, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Tomás Ó Fiaich, Caitlín Maude, Clannad. The journey is presented in a fusion of audio-visual images culminating in a painting and a song: the great universal Gaeltacht sean-nós song, “An Draighneán Donn” (The Blackthorn Bush) – a song that speaks to us about its own special journey.

Draighneán Donn

This talk has been given widely including both in the Cultúrlann and in the Tower Museum in Derry.

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Lectures

  • Turas Teanga na Gaeilge (ECSLS11)
  • An Inishowen Artist (ECSLS10)
  • The Clans of Inishowen Series (ECSLS6)
  • An Scéal-Amhrán (ECSLS8)
  • The Place-Names of Inishowen ~ incl. Templemore (ECSLS4)
  • Irish Composers from Carolan to Field to Ó Riada (ECSLS12)
  • An Ghaeilge (ECSLS1)
  • The Place-Names of the Parishes of Taughboyne, All Saints, Raphoe & Clonleigh (ECSLS5)
  • The Clachans of Clonmany (ECSLS2)
  • Ceol an Phiarsaigh~ Music Commemorating Patrick Pearse (ECSLS3)
  • The Surnames and First Names of Inishowen (ECSLS7)
  • The Place-Names of Stranorlar Parish (ECSLS9)

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