Date/Time
Date(s) - 10 April 2024
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Online
Categories
In Search of the Dreamtime in County Clare (Clare’s Cultural Landscape) with Michael Houlihan
The Dreamtime: ‘A sacred time in which both the natural world and human culture and traditions originated – these beginnings still resonate in the spiritual life of people today’. Cultural memories and associations make up our understandings of the non-recorded past, which are part of our communal story. Interweaving stories and landscape help to identify Ireland’s misplaced geography and give a sense of what was held in esteem in the past.
Michael Houlihan lives in Quin, County Clare. He has studied Regional and Local Studies, and Archaeology and has an MA in Local History.
Michael worked as a seasonal guide on the monastic island of Scattery for many years. He has published six local history books, including The Holy Wells of County Clare (2015); The Sacred Trees of Holy Clare (2016) and In Search of the Dreamtime in County Clare (2018). His most recent book is ‘Irish Fairies, a Short History of the Sídhe’ which featured on RTE’s ‘History Show’. He is a founding member of Quin Heritage and contributes articles regularly to the local website. Currently he is completing a survey of Clare’s 140 children’s burial grounds (Kyles) for Clare County Council.
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