The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature

J. M. Synge and the Aran Islands (1x11)

Air date: Oct 31, 2016

The Aran Islands lie on the western edge of Ireland and remain an isolated folk community. There, the playwright J. M. Synge found a fleeting sense of beauty and wonder, of life lived to the fullest. Explore this unique place, and then survey Synge’s biography and his book about the islands.