Episode 214 - Alan Titley Interview - Part 2

Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast! In this episode, Aron and Sorcha sit down with a very special guest, Alan Titley, who has just written a new translation of The Táin. Alan Titley is one of Ireland’s most respected writers for children and adults, in both Irish and English. He has won prizes including the Children’s Books Ireland Éilís Dillon Award. “The Dirty Dust”, his translation of “Cré na Cille” by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, was published by Yale University Press to international acclaim in 2015. He writes a weekly column on current and cultural affairs for “The Irish Times”. He is an Emeritus Professor of Modern Irish, University College Cork, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. In this episode, we dig into the Táin and Alan’s writing process, and he was kind enough to read an excerpt from the book for us. If you’d like to get your hands on a copy of “The Táin” by Alan Titley, please head over to https://www.littleisland.ie/products/the-tain or check out your local bookshop if you’re in Ireland or the UK. We highly recommend it! This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/ Including our first retreat in Scotland, The Dreaming of Oak and Ash!