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Feis Teamhra 29th August 2010
The 3rd Feis Teamhra: A Turn at Tara, took place last Sunday 29th August behind the church on the Hill of Tara. From 3 till 5 pm those present were treated to a selection of poetry and music from Aidan Brennan, Susan McKeown, Michael Longley, Laoise Kelly, Paul Muldoon, Colm Toibín and Seamus Heaney. It was a [...]
Published by itison on September 1st, 2010 tagged art, campaigns, history, music | Comment now »
Lugh rises up against NRA chief.
Original artwork Jim Fitzpatrick – Lugh the ildana at Royal Tara (1979) Modification Unknown? – (2008) addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fitison.tv%2Ftara%2Farchives%2F61′; addthis_title = ‘Lugh+rises+up+against+NRA+chief.’; addthis_pub = ”;
Published by itison on January 25th, 2008 tagged activism, art, history, mytholgy, transport | Comment now »
Jim Fitzpatrick – 09/01/08
(if you can’t view the video in this format, click here to see it in on Blip.tv) This is pretty much the entire interview with the artist Jim Fitzpatrick on the 9th of January 2008. It is roughly edited, mainly just to clean it up a bit and keep it flowing. I’ve removed most of [...]
Published by itison on January 9th, 2008 tagged activism, antiquity, archaeology, art, campaigns, history, links, mytholgy, politics, transport, video | 1 Comment »
Tara: Land, Legend, Legacy
This is an excellent radio documentary which was broadcast on Newstalk yesterday (January 6th 2008) as part of the “Different Voices” series. It was created and produced by Grace Wynne Jones. “As the controversy surrounding Tara continues, this programme explores the myths and legends of the ancient site. Included in the documentary are eminent historians, [...]
Published by itison on January 7th, 2008 tagged audio, history, mytholgy | Comment now »
Lost Atlantis and Mathematics
“Atlantis from a Geographer’s Perspective: Mapping the Fairy Land” is a book by Ulf Erlingsson. I’ve not read it but I have studied the research on his website Atlantis in Ireland. It is concise and offers interesting theories on the roots of civilisation prior to ancient Greece and Egypt. We know that the megalithic sites [...]
Published by itison on January 7th, 2008 tagged antiquity, geography, history, mytholgy | Comment now »
Here is a gift! – Aerial Art Event Rough Edit # 1
This is a rough cut from the footage of the aerial art event. Helicopter shot courtesy of John Quigley and Mofilms. Music courtesy of Stephen Shannon and Halfset. There will be more to come from this event. The ten minutes or so here was put out today to keep up the spirits of all those [...]
Published by itison on December 24th, 2007 tagged activism, art, campaigns, history, music, video | 4 Comments »
The site is live
IT IS ON So the site is officially up and running. It’s rolling on twenty three minutes past six and I’ve at least made my deadline of getting the site open at the time of the winter solstice. It was just about eight minutes past six in the morning when I put up the new [...]
Published by itison on December 22nd, 2007 tagged activism, archaeology, history, video | 4 Comments »
Padraig – Rath Lugh – 31/10/07
Padraig tells a story of the Fianna at the Rath Lugh camp on Halloween night (Samhain). Thanks to Oisin and Gerry for helping out with as my camera crew on the day. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fitison.tv%2Ftara%2Farchives%2F29′; addthis_title = ‘Padraig+%26%238211%3B+Rath+Lugh+%26%238211%3B+31%2F10%2F07′; addthis_pub = ”;