Thomas Kinsella and Sean O Riada

Question 1

20th and 21st centuries

Answer 1

• 20th: attempting to recuperate and salvage loss
• 21st: processes of modernity, politics of translation, identity, and dwelling

Question 2

Thomas Kinsella

Answer 2

• a civil servant to Ireland, witnessed the congested slums of Dublin
• worked in department of finance in Ireland… economic struggle in the 1950’s

Question 3

1960’s

Answer 3

• boom period for the Republic of Ireland!
• big change from the 1950’s… new housing estates, cleared slums, RTE television and music revivals
• new era of prosperity and self-confidence

Question 4

Sean O Riada and Thomas Kinsella

Answer 4

• friends/important figures at the same stage of Ireland’s cultural development journey

Question 5

Our Musical Heritage

Answer 5

• important radio show hosted by O Riada
• discussed Irish traditional music and assimilated it to more people across the country

Question 6

Return to the ‘native’

Answer 6

• dual tradition was a fractured tradition
• An Duanaire published, had both English and Irish translations in the same book