I doodled this a while ago when I read the poem in an Alan Garner book (naturally). Ryaner’s addition rang a bell and then I realised why. And why not add this as a change from typing folklore :)
Image credit: Rhiannon
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That's great Rhiannon. What's the poem called?
togivetheventure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-fort-of-rathangan.html
Meyer just entitles it 'The Fort of Rathangan'. Kuno Meyer, he was a German professor of Celtic studies, and you can download his whole book 'Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry' here
tinyurl.com/lfkgh6w His note for p93 (where the poem is) says 'see my lecture on Learning in Ireland in the Fifth Century' so I guess that's the age of the original, pretty old!
(the lecture is here archive.org/stream/cu31924030564110#page/n21/mode/2up/search/rathangan )
regarding the blog, how nice it would be to turn these into 'proper pieces' and perhaps I should get on with it. Nice big lino cuts or something.
Wonderful and lovely Rhiannon.
Thanks to HD for the link to your blog which I hadn't known about. I shall enjoy looking at it very much.
That's very kind. They're awfully rough and I can't draw people. But they go along with the stories.
I saved that poetry pdf. Thanks for that. And I love your blog and drawings, glad my post encouraged you to share this.
'Awfully rough'! Limited edition 'proper pieces' would be fabulous, putting my name down now.