Shrule native Dr. Pádraic Frehan recently published a book titled Education and Celtic Myth: National Self-Image and Schoolbooks in 20th Century Ireland. The book is published by Rodopi, a publishing house based in Amsterdam the Netherlands and New York USA and is available both in Paperback and in E-Book format. Pádraic has a long association with Amsterdam, having lived there for a number of years and also successfully conducting his doctoral research in the School of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

The book is not only relevant to those involved in academic research on Irish Studies but also to the general reader interested in the development of education in Ireland from the 18th century onwards and the impact it has had in the formation and development of the Irish nation.

Education and Celtic Myth

National Self-Image and Schoolbooks in 20th Century Ireland

Dr. Pádraic Frehan

Amsterdam/New York, NY 2012. 361 pp. (Studia Imagologica 20)

Paperback: ISBN: 978-90-420-3590-4   ::  E-Book: ISBN: 978-94-012-0865-9  ::

Online info: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=IMAGOL+20

The book examines one aspect of the national self-image of Ireland as it was trans-generationally transmitted in the Irish National School environment through the medium of the Celtic mythology tales. Continued…