“The phrase the violent bear it away fascinated the 20th century Irish-American storyteller Flannery O'Connor, who used it as the title of one of her novels. O'Connor's surname connects her to an Irish royal family descended from Conchobor (pronounced Connor), the prehistoric king of Ulster who was foster father to Cuchulainn and husband of the unwilling Derdriu. In the western world, the antiquity of Irish lineages is exceeded only by that of the Jews.” WorldUsedFatherNovelCenturyBearsKingsHusbandWesternJewViolentTitlesPhrasesFascinatedStoryteller20th CenturyRoyalUnwillingAntiquityWestern WorldRoyal FamilyLineagePrehistoricSurnamesUlster Book:How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe Source: How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
“Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries and tied to their waists as signs of triumph, just as Irish heroes had once tied to their waists their enemies' heads. Where they went they brought their love of learning and their skills in bookmaking. In the bays and valleys of their exile, they reestablished literacy and breathed new life into the exhausted literary culture of Europe. And that is how the Irish saved civilization.” BookCultureEnemyCenturyHeroCivilizationSkillsEuropeSavedTriumphValleysTiedExhaustedUnseenNew LifeLiteracyExileLove Of Learning Author:Thomas Cahill
