Poetry From the On Being Gathering — David Whyte (Opening Night)
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Unbroken Native Tradition of Ireland
I'm going to take you to one of my favourite places in County Clare, which is probably my second home in the world. It's a beautiful limestone mountain area, looking out over Galway Bay and over to Connemar in the north. The culture there goes back 5,000 years to the Neolithic. Many of these ancient sites are still visited today in a live, contemporary conversational way. And this place, Coleman's bed, is named after the extraordinary Irish druidic monk who lived in that place.
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