Country: Ireland
Year: 19.12.1983
Dur: 26.27
Surveys a thousand years of Irish writing from the Cathach of Columcille in the 7th century to the Annals of the Four Masters in the 17th. Brother Timothy O’Neill, calligrapher and author of the book, The Irish Hand, provides expert commentary. The programme highlights Ireland’s unique contribution to the intellectual history of the western world.