Manchán Magan
Television Presenter at Freelance
Writer at Irish Times
Writer @IrishTimes. Book: "32 Words for Field" https://t.co/i1BradtXAt. Podcast: "Almanac of Ireland" https://t.co/RqMeu5z0uk. TV: Crainn na hÉireann on TG4
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1 week ago |
thejournal.ie | Manchán Magan
IT BEGAN, AS so many things do, with a question that refused to let go. I had read, years ago, that a significant proportion of Iceland’s earliest settlers were not Norse but Gaelic — people from Ireland and the western Isles of Scotland. The statistic was arresting: up to 60 per cent of the founding women and a quarter of the founding men had Gaelic ancestry. But what struck me even more forcefully was what wasn’t being said.
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1 month ago |
eventbrite.ie | Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan presents Arán & Im in which he bakes sourdough bread, while the audience churns butter, & together they explore Irish culture.
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1 month ago |
eventbrite.ie | Manchán Magan
The UK launch of Manchán's book 'Ireland in Iceland: Remnants of Gaelic Culture in a Nordic Land' at Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith. The Irish Cultural Centre 5 Black's Road London W6 9DT United KingdomRefund PolicyRefunds up to 7 days before eventAbout this eventEvent lasts 2 hours 30 minutesManchán's new book Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land will be available before and after his Rewilding the Mind lecture at Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith on Sat. 14th June.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Manchán Magan
Among the first things you see on a visit to the National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik are skeletons: the remains of two bodies lying in the ground in which they were found. One is a woman believed to have been about 40 when she died in the 10th century. The other is that of a young warrior with his sword beside him. The black lava sand has been harsher on his bones than the less acidic earth that the woman was buried in; nonetheless, both have a strong presence.
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Nov 9, 2024 |
irishtimes.com | Manchán Magan
Whenever a teacher was late to class in my Dublin school, a watchman would be appointed to keep “dekko” for their arrival. The word is slang for “to look” and derives from the Sanskrit/Hindi “dekho”, having been brought back from India by British and Irish soldiers in the 19th century. Prof Daithí Ó hÓgáin of the folklore department of UCD told me he suspected it might have the same linguistic root as the past tense of the verb “to look” in Irish, “d’fhéach”.
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Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land by Manchán Magan, with illustrations by Aodh Ó Riagáin, aka Oreganillo. An illustrated exploration of a powerful cultural connection: the enduring Gaelic presence in Iceland. Available bookshops 11 June. https://t.co/9h60DP0353 https://t.co/m3t52OIq86
Arán & Im is coming to West Cork. The Maritime Hotel, Bantry. @MaritimeBantry Sunday, 23rd Nov, 2025. 8pm. Tickets: https://t.co/nac2zxpJKK https://t.co/heqBJ1cW4n
