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The art of story - telling has been cultivated in Ireland by successive generations of both aristocratic and plebeian story- tellers from immemorial antiquity , and must have attained a very high degree of perfection in medieval times .
The art of story - telling has been cultivated in Ireland by successive generations of both aristocratic and plebeian story- tellers from immemorial antiquity , and must have attained a very high degree of perfection in medieval times .
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Galway , one of the best living Connacht story - tellers . These are not isolated examples . From Micilín Mac Donncha of Cárna ( ob . 1931 ) , I compiled in a few hours a preliminary list of over two hundred folk - tales and anecdotes .
Galway , one of the best living Connacht story - tellers . These are not isolated examples . From Micilín Mac Donncha of Cárna ( ob . 1931 ) , I compiled in a few hours a preliminary list of over two hundred folk - tales and anecdotes .
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One old story - teller friend of mine , speaking of old men whom he had known in his youth , was full of admiration for their ' hard Irish ' ( crua - Ghaoluinn ) , remarking that ' they had such fine hard Irish you would not understand ...
One old story - teller friend of mine , speaking of old men whom he had known in his youth , was full of admiration for their ' hard Irish ' ( crua - Ghaoluinn ) , remarking that ' they had such fine hard Irish you would not understand ...
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CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 4 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 12 |
THE POETRY OF THOMAS GRAY Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 43 |
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