Heroic Narrative and Masculinity in Irish Vernacular Culture: ‘Conall Gulban’ in Munster folklore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Abstract

This essay looks at how some of the themes in the heroic story 'Conall Gulban' could be said to reflect men's experience in the communities where the story was told. Drawing on versions of the story told in coastal areas of County Clare and County Kerry in the 1920s and 1930s, along with some contemporary biographical material, the author highlights the importance of seafaring, in particular, and its meaning for men's identity during the period.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Title of host publicationStorytelling in Gaelic from AD 700
Subtitle of host publicationTruth, Tradition, and Translation
EditorsAlice R. Taylor-Griffiths, Seosamh MacCárthaigh
Place of PublicationSuffolk
PublisherBoydell and Brewer
ISBN (Electronic)9781805437512
ISBN (Print)9781783277766
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Publication series

NameStudies in Celtic History
PublisherBoydell and Brewer
Volume47

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