To counteract the negativity and anxiety around the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak here in Ireland, I have started a new series of live broadcasts featuring readings and discussion of Irish myths and legends.
Episode 1: The Tuatha Dé Danann, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs and more
Episode 2: the coming of the sun-god (Lugh) and the story of the Children of Tuireann
Episode 3: Scáthach and her training of the warrior Cúchulainn
Episode 4: The Dagda, chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Episode 5: The Second Battle of Moytura
Episode 6: Saint Patrick in the Boyne Valley
Episode 7: Saint Sheelah, wife of Saint Patrick?
Episode 8: The Cailleach of Loughcrew
Episode 9: Aislinge Oengusso, The Dream Vision of Oengus Óg
Episode 10: Manannán mac Lir
Episode 11: Oisín in the land of Tír na nÓg
Episode 12: The High Man
Episode 13: Cesair, the first woman in Ireland
Episode 14: The Fate of the Children of Lir (part 1)
Episode 15: The Fate of the Children of Lir (part 2)
Episode 16: Bóinn, goddess of the river Boyne
Episode 17: The Coming of Finn
Episode 18: Finn's dogs, Bran and Sceolan
Episode 19: The Druids, an introduction
Episode 20: The Mórrían and Moytura
Episode 21: The Wooing of Étaín part 1
Episode 22: The Wooing of Étaín parts 2 & 3
Episode 23: Manannán mac Lir continued
Episode 24: Crom Dubh & Crom Crúaich
Episode 25: The mythology of Knowth and Dowth
Episode 26: Is Dronehenge mentioned in myth?
Episode 27: The Irish Druids, part 2
Episode 28: Niall of the Nine Hostages and kissing the hag
Episode 29: Tour of Mythical Ireland library (part 1)
Episode 30: Animals and creatures in Celtic mythology
Episode 31: The birth of Setanta/Cúchulainn
Episode 32: Cúchulainn's boyhood deeds
Episode 33: Place-name myths and legends – an introduction
Episode 34: Irish place-name myths & legends, part 2
Episode 35: Irish place-name myths & legends, part 3
Episode 36: The Best Men of the Fianna
Episode 37: The mysterious island of Hy-Brasil
Episode 38: Submerged and phantom cities
Episode 39: Brigid – goddess and saint
Episode 40: Brigid's Way, an ancient alignment
Episode 41: The Milky Way in Irish myth and legend
Episode 42: Deirdre & the Sons of Uisneach part 1
Episode 43: Deirdre & the Sons of Uisneach part 2
Episode 44: Deirdre & the Sons of Uisneach part 3
Episode 45: Synchronicity, serendipity and spontaneity
Episode 46: Open House – a chat around the hearth
Episode 47: Lebor Gabála and the arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Episode 48: Lebor Gabála - Tuatha Dé Danann, redactions 2 & 3
Episode 49: Áine - Otherworld Woman
Episode 50: Onomasticon Goedelicum
Episode 51: Queen Medb
Episode 52: Early Irish Society and Brehon Laws
Episode 53: Oenach Tailteann: the Irish Olympic Games
Episode 54: May Day and the celebration of Bealtaine
Episode 55: Uisneach: Sacred Centre of Ireland
Episode 56: Ériu, Guardian Goddess of Ireland
Episode 57: Bealtaine and May Day celebrations part 2
Episode 58: Bealtaine and May Day celebrations part 3
Episode 59: Lebor Gabála - the arrival of the Fir Bolg
Episode 60: Astronomical alignments of ancient sites
Episode 61: The Cygnus Enigma
Episode 62: Orion in Irish Mythology part 1
Episode 63: Orion in Irish mythology part 2
Episode 64: Is Fourknocks mentioned in Irish myth
Episode 65: Baltray – Myths & Megaliths
Episode 66: Knowth kerb 52 - The Calendar Stone
Episode 67: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel part 1
Episode 68: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel part 2
Episode 69: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel part 3
Episode 70: The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel part 4
Episode 71: Ireland's lost Stonehenge – an astronomer's circle
Episode 72: The Settling of the Manor of Tara
Episode 73: Mythical Ireland library tour part 2
Episode 74: Newgrange – The Test of Time
Episode 75: Newgrange - Tomb or Womb?
Episode 76: Newgrange, Lecc Benn and The Mata
Episode 77: Newgrange: cooperation or enforced labour?
Episode 78: Newgrange - What did the folklore say?
Episode 79: Newgrange - What did the folklore say? Part 2
Episode 80: The excavation and restoration of Newgrange
Episode 81: Lebor Gabála - The Sons of Mil
Episode 82: Lebor Gabála - The Sons of Mil redactions 2 & 3
Episode 83: Newgrange myths: Altram Tige Dá Medar, part 1
Episode 84: Newgrange myths - Altram Tige Dá Medar, part 2
Episode 85: Open House – A chat around the fire
Episode 86: Some stories about the fairies
Episode 87: A story of the fairies and some poetry from W.B. Yeats
Episode 88: More stories of the fairies, and some W.B. Yeats poems
Episode 89: Some more fairy stories and poems from the collections of W.B. Yeats
Episode 90: Irish fairy stories and their emergence from earlier mythology with special guest, author Morgan Daimler
Episode 91: An introduction to the Dindshenchas – Place name lore
Episode 92: The Hill of Tara in the Metrical Dindshenchas
Episode 93: Tara in the prose Dindshenchas
Episode 94: The Dindshenchas of Brú na Bóinne
Episode 95: More place name myths from the Dindshenchas
Episode 96: An introduction to the Irish annals
Episode 97: The Annals of the Four Masters
Episode 98: Significant new revelations about a man buried at Newgrange
Episode 99: The Annals of Ulster
Episode 100: A celebration of 100 episodes!
Episode 101: Summer Solstice - astronomy, mythology and archaeology
Episode 102: Newgrange - what does the DNA tell us?
Episode 103: My Photography
Episode 104: A Legend of Knockmany
Episode 105: Myths, Megaliths & Alignments (illustrated talk)
Episode 106: Oenach Oengusa - Games & Henges: A Hidden Gem in the Dindshenchas
Episode 107: Táin Bó Fraích, part one
Episode 108: Táin Bó Fraích, part two
Episode 109: The Festival of Lughnasa, part one