I absolutely love this channel and have been following it for years now. I let you know now, this is very well presented, love to see you're doing some Irish stuff, but just have to pull you up on a few pronunciations there if that's okay; it's clon-mac-noyce like Joyce, not noise like toys, the same would apply to monasterboice ie Boyce etc, ciran is keer-On, the fada denotes the long vowel and its conn--nocht like noct-t-urnal, the ocht like the german for 8 is a bit guttural, other than that its perfect lads well done
Don't worry the English have a lazy habit of saying con-naught like nought, they soften it as if it was norman, i' ought to go', when its clearly a more celtic-saxon guttural sound. noise, is actually french like nu-was-E, which gets morphed into awwesse -noyce etc, any name in Irish that ends in an referees to something being young or little etc
@@smarthistory-art-history not a bother, you did really well, most people butcher it to be fair to you, i can see you really did try your best to pronounce, believe me i have heard far worse mate, Irish is as complicated as japanesse, and we natives struggle with at the best of times, but i thought you'd appreciate that, just for the clarification.
Im Irish in heritage but living in the states, and I wish I could go... it feels so deeply like home, such a mystical and astoundingly beautiful place with such unique people! This feels like the closest I can go. Excellent and beautiful!
I was there nine years ago on a similarly damp chilly day in midweek, so there were few other people around. It was fascinating walking around the buildings and gravestones, and the setting alongside the river was stunning.
@@smarthistory-art-history definitely consider researching Imam reza shrine, it is (arguably) the largest mosque in the world, similar to Isfahan mosque
Appreciating the pronunciation guide in the comments and the gorgeous, overcast weather. Love a gloomy, quiet day. I also appreciate the flowers poking through the shrines. The grave slabs were interesting - what would a grave slab for a tired PM on infinite hold with an insurance company look like? 💀😋
The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise / Were all at prayer in the oratory / A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor dragged along behind so deep / It hooked itself into the altar rails / And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill / a crew man shinned and grappled down the rope / And struggled to release it. But in vain. / ‘This man can’t bear our life here and will drown.’ / The abbot said, ‘unless we help him.’ So / They did, the freed ship sailed, and the man climbed back / Out of the marvellous as he had known it. Seamus Heaney from ‘Seeing Things’
The new book Haven by Emma Donoghue deals with Irish medieval monks trying to found a chapel on Skellig Michael and that one small building was reminiscent of what they try to create.
Always here for old church content. Great video. Thanks guys.
Very beautiful.
Great well presented content.thanks.
I absolutely love this channel and have been following it for years now. I let you know now, this is very well presented, love to see you're doing some Irish stuff, but just have to pull you up on a few pronunciations there if that's okay; it's clon-mac-noyce like Joyce, not noise like toys, the same would apply to monasterboice ie Boyce etc, ciran is keer-On, the fada denotes the long vowel and its conn--nocht like noct-t-urnal, the ocht like the german for 8 is a bit guttural, other than that its perfect lads well done
Don't worry the English have a lazy habit of saying con-naught like nought, they soften it as if it was norman, i' ought to go', when its clearly a more celtic-saxon guttural sound. noise, is actually french like nu-was-E, which gets morphed into awwesse -noyce etc, any name in Irish that ends in an referees to something being young or little etc
As an art historian who grew up in Brooklyn, Irish pronunciation posed quite a challenge. ;)
@@smarthistory-art-history not a bother, you did really well, most people butcher it to be fair to you, i can see you really did try your best to pronounce, believe me i have heard far worse mate, Irish is as complicated as japanesse, and we natives struggle with at the best of times, but i thought you'd appreciate that, just for the clarification.
I didn't know that, thank you!
Im Irish in heritage but living in the states, and I wish I could go... it feels so deeply like home, such a mystical and astoundingly beautiful place with such unique people! This feels like the closest I can go. Excellent and beautiful!
I was there nine years ago on a similarly damp chilly day in midweek, so there were few other people around. It was fascinating walking around the buildings and gravestones, and the setting alongside the river was stunning.
❤wow this is so cool! ❤
Do more videos on Islamic architecture, Ummayad mosque, Imam Reza Shrine etc.
You can find all of our content on the art and architecture of the Islamic world here: smarthistory.org/islamic/
@@smarthistory-art-history definitely consider researching Imam reza shrine, it is (arguably) the largest mosque in the world, similar to Isfahan mosque
Appreciating the pronunciation guide in the comments and the gorgeous, overcast weather. Love a gloomy, quiet day.
I also appreciate the flowers poking through the shrines.
The grave slabs were interesting - what would a grave slab for a tired PM on infinite hold with an insurance company look like? 💀😋
The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise / Were all at prayer in the oratory / A ship appeared above them in the air.
The anchor dragged along behind so deep / It hooked itself into the altar rails / And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill / a crew man shinned and grappled down the rope / And struggled to release it. But in vain. / ‘This man can’t bear our life here and will drown.’ / The abbot said, ‘unless we help him.’ So / They did, the freed ship sailed, and the man climbed back / Out of the marvellous as he had known it.
Seamus Heaney
from ‘Seeing Things’
The new book Haven by Emma Donoghue deals with Irish medieval monks trying to found a chapel on Skellig Michael and that one small building was reminiscent of what they try to create.
See our recent video on Skellig Michael: smarthistory.org/skellig-michael/
I saw Skellig Michael on the ecclesiastical man - a video there would be extraordinary
See our recent video on Skellig Michael here: smarthistory.org/skellig-michael/