Listen to the Land Speak

Our ancestors developed a uniquely nature-focused society, centred on esteemed poets, seers, monks, healers and wise women who were deeply connected to the land. They used this connection to the cycles of the natural world from which we are increasingly dissociated as an animating force in their lives. In this illuminating new book, Manchn Magan sets out on a journey, through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, to trace these ancestors footsteps. He uncovers the ancient myths that have shaped our national identity and are embedded in the strata of land that have endured through millennia from ice ages through to famines and floods. Here, the River Shannon is a goddess, and trees and their life-sustaining root systems are hallowed. See the world in a new light in this magical exploration into the life-sustaining wisdom of what lies beneath us. We could do with a lot more characters like [Manchn] dotted about this world. Irish Independent Manchn creates a gorgeous tapestry that lingers in the minds eye. Kerri N Dochartaigh Manchn[s] got some theories about the roots of the Irish language that are going to blow your head off an incredible storyteller.' Blindboy Boatclub Manchns passion for Irelands ecological and poetic heritage is more urgently relevant than ever. Darach Saghdha