"The King of Bog Gothic - as he was affectionately crowned in 2003 - was at a funeral last week in Monaghan. Patrick McCabe gave a reading from the prayers of the faithful at the mass for a relative of his wife, artist Margot Quinn. The writer felt all the people in the church seemed to be "at their best". They understood the ritual and the symbols, and knew what they had to do, he says."
"The writer felt all the people in the church seemed to be "at their best". They understood the ritual and the symbols, and knew what they had to do, he says."
Patrick McCabe, dubbed the King of Bog Gothic in 2003, attended a funeral in Monaghan and read from the prayers of the faithful at the Mass for a relative of his wife, artist Margot Quinn. McCabe participated directly in communal religious ritual by giving the reading. He observed that people in the church seemed to be "at their best." The congregation understood the ritual and its symbols and knew what they had to do. McCabe’s presence at the Mass reflects an ongoing engagement with Irish communal practices and cultural traditions.
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