Howling The Horror Of Loss: Keening And Death Lament Of The Irish

The Village Funeral by Daniel MacDonald (Public Domain)

“Bríg came and keened for her son. At first she shrieked, in the end she wept. Then for the first time weeping and lamentation were heard in Ireland.” The quotation comes from the ancient Irish text, Lebor Gabála Érenn, or The Book of Invasions

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