Irish Drama in Theory and Practice

“Challenging Times”:

• Proclamation of Irish Independence
• Easter 1916 aftermath (short video)
• The Easter Rising in 8 Minutes (animated short)
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (well-known feature film about the War of Independence and Irish Civil War)
• Wikipedia – Easter Rebellion of 1916
• Wikipedia – Anglo-Irish War of Independence
• Wikipedia – Irish Civil War
• Brief overview of the Irish Civil War
• Documentary about Michael Collins with early footage
• Documentary about Éamonn de Valera (“Ireland’s Hated Hero”) – part 1 of 4
• Easter 2016 (last month!!) – commemoration of Easter 1916 with lots of marching soldiers and speeches
• De Valera’s Speech: “The Undeserted Village Ireland”
• Documentary about Samuel Beckett (video, including interviews)
• Samuel Beckett: Play (video, with Alan Rickman)
• Samuel Beckett: Endgame (video, with Michael Gambon)
• Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (video, with English subtitles)
• about Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (video, with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan)
• Samuel Beckett: Krapp’s Last Tape (video, with Patrick Magee)
• Wikipedia – Magdalene Laundries
• NY Times article about the pedophile scandals
• Brendan Behan on Canadian TV (video, part 1 of 3)
• Brendan Behan on the Easter Rebellion (video)
• Brendan Behan sings “The Auld Triangle” (video)
• Quoted words by Brendan Behan
• Irish Times article on Irish emigration

 

Celtic Revival:

• Wikipedia – Celtic Revival
• Wikipedia – Irish Literary Revival
• Celtic Arts Revival Movement
• The Celtic Revival and the Abbey Theatre
• Fine Arts in the Celtic Revival
• Irish Ireland
• Wikipedia – William Butler Yeats
• The Yeats Society (look under the actual “Yeats Society” menu — top left — and kick around)
• Wikipedia – Lady Augusta Gregory
• Wikipedia – Abbey Theatre
• Wikipedia – John Millington Synge

Historical Research:

• Timeline of Irish History
• Archaeology (many links)
• Megalithic Ireland
• Doing Genealogy

Irish Mythology:

• Lugodoc’s Guide to Celtic Mythology: An brief overview of Celtic Mythology.
• Celtic Gods and Heroes: A student resource for an overview of Celtic life and mythology.
• Stories from Celtic Mythology: Stories of Celtic gods and goddesses.
• Celtic Gods and Associates: The Celtic gods and what they represent.
• Gods of Celtic Mythology: Defining the main Celtic gods.
• Celtic Mythology and the Arthurian Legends: A study of the influences of Celtic mythology on Arthurian legends.
• Lore and Myth: The myths and symbolism of the Celts.
• Creatures of Celtic Mythology: A glossary of Celtic creatures.
• Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race: Ancient tales of Ireland’s Celts.
• Dagda: Read the story of Dagda and his staff that could raise the dead.
• Brighid: Find out what is known about the Celtic goddess Brighid.
• Epona: This resource compiles a great deal of in-depth information on the goddess of horses.