The Shan Van Vocht

The Shan Van Vocht, a phonetic rendering of the Irish phrase An tSeanbhean Bhocht ("The Poor Old Woman," a traditional name for Ireland)[1] is a novel by James Murphy detailing the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The protagonist of Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark finds "something exquisite in [its] blend" of "bad weather . . . [and] fire, implied danger [and] a love relationship".[2]

See also

The Sean-Bhean bhocht

References
  1. Deane, Seamus, Reading in the Dark, 19. (1998)
  2. 20.


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