The Inputs for this Era were:

1) THE TYPES OF TRAUMA

This input from Sandy speaks to the subject of myth and its focus on those times in our lives when order descends in to chaos. These are invariably times of trauma. Sandy names the principle traumas in the Irish Myths and picks out one that stands out as being the most difficult.

ON THE VIDEO

                        BARD MYTHOLOGIES 

                  MYTHIC VOICES MYTHIC TIMES 4

                THE TYPES OF TRAUMA IN IRISH MYTH

2) IRISH HISTORY 1920 TO 1940

Tom gives an introduction to the Irish History of the Period 1920 to 1940, picking up themes from the Post Civil War Period.

                        BARD MYTHOLOGIES  

                  MYTHIC VOICES MYTHIC TIMES 4

                   IRISH HISTORY 1920 TO 1940

KEY THEMES IN THE POST CIVIL WAR PERIOD 

3) THE PERSPECTIVE OF PATRICK PEARSE.

We hear from Fiona on the great hero of the struggle for independence Patrick Pearse and the idea of the blood sacrifice. This is speaking imaginatively from inside his head.

And then part 2 even more imaginatively, Pearse speaks but after his death!! Some reflections 

                           BARD MYTHOLOGIES  

                  MYTHIC VOICES MYTHIC TIMES 4

                 THE REBEL PERSPECTIVE: PATRICK PEARSE

                  MYTHIC VOICES MYTHIC TIMES 2

BEFORE AND AFTER HIS DEATH – THINKING FORWARD AND THINKING BACK