Blood Runs Green by Gillian O'Brien5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Always fascinated by the Irish preoccupation with death and the rituals around it, Gillian sets out to explore this intriguing habit of ours, to be compelled to celebrate the macabre and relish the darkness of own mortality. Gillian O'Brien had a beloved grandmother who tried on outfits in preparation for her wake. Our wakes and ballads, our plays and famine sites, all of them and more come together to tell ourselves and the world who we are and what we have suffered to get here. It's everywhere we look and in all of our beloved myths, songs and stories that have helped to form our cultural identity. We find a thrill in the moribund, a strange enchantment in the drama of our dark past. ![]() From war to revolution, famine to emigration, The Darkness Echoing travels around Ireland bringing its dark past to life ![]()
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