Dominic Kelly: The Hero Light – Irish Myth and Epic #8

Dominic Kelly is a performance storyteller who has ventured deep into the vast landscape of stories that surround the Irish mythological hero Cú Chulainn – so much so that he cycled around Ireland to see all the mythical places found in the Táin, sometimes called Ireland’s National Epic or the Irish Iliad.

We speak about engaging with myth, how stories like the Táin have the potential to ground us in reality, and if there’s a value to violence told well.

Tickets for The Hero Light at Ulverston’s Coronation Hall on 17th march 2022

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hero-light-furness-tradition-tickets-245923242037

Dominc Kelly’s blog about cycling the Táin

Dominic Kelly’s website

http://dominickelly.eu

Folklore of Birds Twitter feed by Dominic Kelly

REFERENCES

The Táin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Táin_Bó_Cúailnge

Ulster cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Cycle

Fenian cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Cycle

Mythological cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythological_Cycle

Cú Chulainn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cú_Chulainn

Fionn mac Cumhaill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill

Saint Patrick’s Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

The Morrígan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan

Asterix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix

The sacred bull

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_bull

Minoan religion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_religion

Celtic otherworld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Otherworld

Aos Sí

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD

Lugh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugh

Tuatha Dé Danann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_Dé_Danann

Peter Brook’s Mahabharata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mahabharata_(play)

Jiddu Krishnamurti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti


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