Reflections of a Curlew: The Queen and the IRA

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

The Queen and the IRA

Here are 3 interviews I did last year with ex IRA people talking about how they feel 40 years on. Moving stuff.

Peter McDonald by Curlewmedia

More interviews on soundcloud with others who were caught up in the Troubles, from both sides.

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Why a Curlew?

I love curlew, they have the most beautiful, haunting call, inhabit that wild hinterland between land and sea and manage to look comical and lovely at the same time. They are also associated with an ancient celtic saint. Legend has it that St Beuno was sailing off the coast of Wales and dropped his book of sermons into the water. A curlew flew down, scooped up the book and took it to the shore to keep it safe. From then on St Beuno blessed all curlew and said they should be protected for ever, hence their nests are really difficult to find.

I wrote an article for The Tablet called Call of the Curlew, it was published in 2006.

Reflections of a Curlew

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

The Queen and the IRA

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