tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post4957697501993047776..comments2024-03-28T18:17:21.840+01:00Comments on The Multicolored Diary: St. Patrick's Day post: A love letter to Irish storiesThe Multicolored Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144973071708552103noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-89429792569315767312015-04-06T08:33:31.621+02:002015-04-06T08:33:31.621+02:00I don't remember when I fell in love with Irel...I don't remember when I fell in love with Ireland and Irish myth, but I've been a fantasy reader for as long as I can rememebr, so probably it was one or another fantasy rendition. <br />As you, I was a Greek mythology buff first, then I fell in love with Arthurian legends and then (I think, it might even hav ebeen first) with Irish mythology and right after with Scandinavian legends. <brJazzFeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650512457155395633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-49001480370669236082015-03-19T20:34:13.126+01:002015-03-19T20:34:13.126+01:00Clare mentioned that book to me too, I have been k...Clare mentioned that book to me too, I have been keeping an eye out for it. But yeah, nothing like live storytelling :)A Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-31008686580803324512015-03-19T18:37:50.042+01:002015-03-19T18:37:50.042+01:00I met Clare Murphy for tea in 2008 and she mention...I met Clare Murphy for tea in 2008 and she mentioned Marie Heaney's Over Nine Waves as seminal in her storytelling. I picked it up soon thereafter, and began collecting books of Irish legends, but I have to say... none of them came alive for me until years later (2012-2013) when I got to hear them told by storytellers (Clare, and Cassie Cushing).Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432302620700328040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-56327688319937578342015-03-18T12:49:02.987+01:002015-03-18T12:49:02.987+01:00I think different parts of the US get more into St...I think different parts of the US get more into St. Paddy's day than other parts. Of course bars always want to hop on the bandwagon in hopes of increased sales.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-64529123815177459662015-03-17T21:21:29.196+01:002015-03-17T21:21:29.196+01:00Heck yes! I think I first found Mongan in some wei...Heck yes! I think I first found Mongan in some weird book on esoteric religions... I love that story :DA Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-31322055286208985572015-03-17T20:12:47.422+01:002015-03-17T20:12:47.422+01:00I feel sure you have looked at James Stephens'...I feel sure you have looked at James Stephens' Irish Fairy Tales, can't really find his sources, may be him playing an active part in the 'folk tradition,'but they're wonderful. i count Mongan and Duv Laca as personal friends.harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429442912701353172noreply@blogger.com