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DRAMA ON ONE

To Find A Heathen Place and Sound a Bell by Kerrie Hardie with Olivia O’Leary

This is a history of three men now counted saints. They owned no wealth, ate little, let their spirits soar. It made strange beings of them-men who had somehow lost themselves and carried grace like light. To understand their story you will have to let yourself imagine the fierce times they lived in. The Legions had long gone from Britain and the wild tribes of the North seized lands that once were Roman-held, they squeezed the Pax Romana ever Eastwards. The Irish raided: burning, taking slaves-and in their turn their coasts were raided and their people taken. Some thought the Old Ways should be honoured and could still be their salvation, but others saw a new light in the teachings brought to Ireland by the slaves they took. It was a time of change.

RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday 1 November, 8pm