Maura Madigan Kennedy

Into the Shee (eBook, ePUB)

A Voyage to Tir-Na-Nog

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written in magic realism, this novel finds Sheila OConor, an Irish American woman experiencing mysterious events at an ancient hillfort in Northern Ireland. A series of coincidences include meeting a small girl within the Shee or faerymound, some faery folk, and a folklore professor who encourages her to accept an invitation to the mythical land of Tir-na-nOg. Overcoming her doubts and fears, she eventually voyages to this magical land and experiences wonders. Then she meets her high school sweetheart and the three companions voyage together to Tir-na-nOg for more wondrous surprises. After a series of "Rememberings", Sheila recalls her childhood and marriage and receives insight into her life. The fascinating setting at Emain Macha or Navan for, home of the mytholigcal Red Branch Kings, inspired the Navan Interpretive Center in Armagh, visited by people form all over the world for its literary and archeological importance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781503591493
• Artikelnr.: 69346034

Autorenporträt

Maura Madigan Kennedy, Religious Studies graduate of Georgian Court College, was president of Theta Alpha Kappa Theological Society. A former high school Religion, prayer group and ESL teacher, she presently teaches at Community Bible Study. A mother of four grown children and grandmother of two, she lives in New Jersey. Research and study in Ireland include: Creative Writing, University College, Galway; Storytelling, All Hallows Seminary, Dublin; Irish History, International Summer School, University College, Dublin; Fiction, Writer's Week, Listowel; and Irish Culture, Gaelic Culture School, Glencolmcille. She has written booklets, articles, poems, short stories and newsletters, and co-authored a writer's workbook.