Mad Sweeney

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The sword of ancestral discernment is passed to us; a sword Patricia Monaghan has grasped in her new poems that seem give flesh to unspoken content</B><B> of the great story of Suibhne Geilt. </B><B>I</B><B>t is as if an ancient voice were speaking to us today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Patricia Monaghan, who holds dual Irish and American citizenship, has written several books on Irish mythology including </B><A HREF="http://www.garravogue.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.garravogue.com"><U><B>"</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.garravogue.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.garravogue.com"><U><B>The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.garravogue.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.garravogue.com"><U><B>"</B></U></A><B>. 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