The impression a view from the Rock of Cashel made on one writer at the turn of the twentieth century.
Stephen Lucius Gywnn (1864 - 1950) was an Anglo-Irish writer, biographer antiquarian and nationalist politician who published over sixty books during his lifetime. He held membership of the Gaelic League at one stage, and had a deep interest in the history, topography and traditional culture of Ireland. He also served with the Leinster Regiment and Connaught Rangers during World War I.
Also a writer of guidebooks, he describes in 'The Fair Hills of Ireland' (1906) a visit to a deserted Rock of Cashel where his attention turns from the atmospheric ruins to the Munster countryside,
You stand here at a meeting point of ancient principalities. Yet that day under a glorious sunshine one thought little enough of anything but mere beauty.
‘Sliabh na mBan’ is performed on fiddle by Padraig Ó Mathúna from Cashel.
This episode of ‘Airneán’ was broadcast on 16 September 1979. The presenter is Ciarán Mac Mathúna.
The series 'Airneán' is described in the RTÉ Guide Radio billings as "A late night programme of music and words presented by Ciarán Mac Mathúna" (RTÉ Guide Sunday July 15 1979, p.29)
