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The Poets of the Rising

Tuesday 5th February

We have been looking at the coming decades of commemoration of events that led to the foundation of the state with academic and author Declan Kiberd. Last month we looked at the differing responses of Sean O Casey and WB Yeats to 1916, today we are going to look at the leaders of the Rising as poets and thinkers in their own right. We began this morning with Padraig Pearse.

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Cuchulainn

Tuesday 26th March

The greatest Irish hero of ancient times was Cuchullain. Cuchullain was according to legend, a great warrior, a youth of extraordinary beauty and stature , a man who fought off the army of Queen Maeve when it came to capture the Brown Bull of Cooley. In the early part of the 20th century, Cuchullain became a symbol for both the Anglo Irish landed gentry and the mainly Irish middle class rebels who were the leaders of the 1916 Rising. How can these two different classes have found a hero in CuChullain, well Pat was joined in studio by author ...

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1916 Dublin: Pre Revolutionary Ireland’s Social Scene

Tuesday 23rd April

What did the leaders of the 1916 Rising do for fun? Besides planning revolution and the overthrow of British Rule, what was pre revolution Ireland’s social scene? Pat was joined in studio by author Declan Kiberd who has been looking back at this period for us.

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