"The names of a land show the heart of the race; they move on the tongue like the lilt of a song. "

‘Ulster Names’’ John Hewitt
"Carries a stone in his pocket, An ash-plant under his arm."

‘The Last Mummer’ Seamus Heaney
"God save our shadowed lands stalked by this night beast of the dead."

‘The Mummer Speaks’ John Montague
"The whole landscape a manuscript, we had lost the skill to read."

‘A Lost Tradition’ John Montague