continued: 11 October 1937, "A Great Gaelic Centre," Irish press

"Real hospitality and the genial atmosphere of a big united family are among the first and most lasting impressions of all visitors and students to the college. The summer courses in Ring are famous. From July until the end of August, classes and lectures are held to meet the needs of all -- of beginner as well as scholar. During these months, many men distinguished in Gaelic letters return there as teachers. Seán Ó Fhloinn from Carrick-on-S ??, and Cormac Ó Cadhla, the Phonetician, come back to Ring every years, also Padraig Ó Mileadha; Níoclas Tóibin, the novelist,

[comment: this must be the one, as distinguished from the much younger sean-nós specialist]

and Seán Ó Curraoin, noted for his fine classical style. It is remarkable that all Ring's professors are authors or poets....
"Another interesting feature about the College is the effort which An Fear Mór has made to encourage and carry on in a simple, natural way the old tradition of literary criticism and the discussion of ideas. A visitor coming into the College on a winter night might indeed be surprised to find himself in the midst of an animated company grouped around the fire, engaged in the discussion of a modern Gaelic manuscript....Among the interesting walks around Ring there is the old coast road from Helvick on to Mine Head, which Níoclas Tóibin used as part of the background for "An Rabaire Bán." [A novel?]   
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