Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim by Eamon Phoenix,Eileen McAuley,Nuala McSparran,Pádraic Ó PDF

The Glens of Antrim shaped one of many final Irish-speaking parts of Ulster till the early 1900s. till the hole of the Antrim coast street within the 1850s Irish used to be universally spoken within the Glens and on Rathlin.

The flip of the 19th century observed the Gaelic Revival which within the north of eire concerned either Unionists and Nationalists in order to defend Irish as a spoken language. It used to be in contrast historical past of cultural renaissance that Feis na nGleann (''The Glens Feis'') was once based in 1904 because the first Gaelic cultural competition in east Ulster. That inaugural Feis harnessed the skills of the Glens folks and a gaggle of best ''Big House'' figures within the locality, between them omit Rose younger of Galgorm fortress - a member of a number one Ballymena Unionist dynasty - omit Ada McNeill of Cushendun and omit Margaret Dobbs.

Others integrated Sir Roger Casement, then a up to date convert to Irish nationalism, Eoin MacNeill, Glensman and language revivalist, Francis Joseph higher, legal professional and antiquarian, John ''Benmore'' Clarke and Joseph Campbell, the Belfast poet.

Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic tradition within the Antrim Glens strains the origins of Feis na nGleann in that ''crease in time'' among Parnell and the 1916 emerging. In a sequence of scholarly chapters, specialists profile the old founders of the Feis and list the background of Irish within the district. There are distinct sections at the conventional arts and crafts fostered by way of the Feis, the as soon as well-known Glens toy-making undefined, the position of hurling and the wealthy literary legacy of the Feiseanna.

The e-book is lavishly illustrated with certain modern images. the result's beautiful and readable quantity so one can entice all these attracted to the background and tradition of the Glens and the fortunes of the Irish language within the north of Ireland.