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Cú Chulainn's "Vigil On The Hound Fords": The Centrality Of Borders In The Táin Bó Cuailnge, David Atkinson
Cú Chulainn's "Vigil On The Hound Fords": The Centrality Of Borders In The Táin Bó Cuailnge, David Atkinson
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This thesis examines the role of the Irish hero Cú Chulainn as a guardian of both supernatural and human borders in the popular medieval Irish saga, the Táin Bó Cuailnge. As a descendent of both the human inhabitants of Ireland and the supernatural síd, Cú Chulainn is uniquely situated to negotiate the border between the two worlds these peoples inhabit. The ambiguous distinction between these two worlds is reflected by the river borders that divide Ireland into its shifting land holdings and kingdoms. The ambiguity at the heart of this saga has given it enormous potential for adaptation through …
John Boyle O'Reilly & Moondyne (1878), Susanna Ashton
John Boyle O'Reilly & Moondyne (1878), Susanna Ashton
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Arrested for treason against the British Crown and deported to the penal colonies of Australia, the Irish revolutionary John Boyle O'Reilly managed to escape to the United States and within a few years became one of Boston's most prominent political and literary figures, one of the best known Irish immigrants in the United States, and one of the most charismatic individuals of the late nineteenth century. He wrote some of the most popular poetry of the period as well as one obscure but swashbuckling novel, Moondyne (1878), based in part upon the spectacular