Hearing Ireland’s Landscape Through Story And Language
Manchán Magan listens for the meanings held in Irish landscape, language and old ways of knowing in a book full of attentiveness and reverence. It is a beautiful choice for readers interested in nature, folklore and a deeper relationship with the land beneath their feet.
Online Price
Listen To The Land Speak
Collect 59 Reward Points
- Guaranteed Delivery on
- Free Delivery from
- Order by 6pm for Same Day Dispatch
Hearing Ireland’s Landscape Through Story And Language
Manchán Magan listens for the meanings held in Irish landscape, language and old ways of knowing in a book full of attentiveness and reverence. It is a beautiful choice for readers interested in nature, folklore and a deeper relationship with the land beneath their feet.
- Book Synopsis
-
Ideal for readers who:
- Are drawn to nature writing shaped by Irish language, lore and landscape.
- Want the land itself treated as history, memory and living presence.
- Care about ancient wisdom, place-names and ways of seeing the natural world.
- Prefer reflective nonfiction that feels rooted, lyrical and immersive.
Irish Book Awards Shortlist 2022
Odgers Berndtson Non-fiction Book of the Year
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, Manchan 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.
- About The Author
- Manchán Magan was a writer and documentary-maker. His groundbreaking book Thirty-Two Words for Field led the way for the recent revival of the Irish language. He wrote occasionally for the Irish Times, reported on travel for various radio programmes, and presented dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ and the Travel Channel. Manchán lived in an oak wood, with bees, hens, and occasionally pigs, in a grass-roofed house near Lough Lene, Co Westmeath. He passed away in October 2025.
- Product Details
-
- ISBN
- 9780717192595
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Gill Books, (30 September 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 344
- Weight
- 461 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 223 x 143 x 33 mm
- Categories: