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Art for Sinann – An international Competition
Ralph Kenna ♦ 07/11/2020 ♦ 2 Comments
Three prizes of £1,000 each And £1,000 worth of prizes for children (Any form of visual or literary art) We are launching an international arts competition centered on the mythological goddess of Ireland’s longest river – the Shannon. In Irish mythology, rivers are personified as divine figures attributed with gifts of poetic inspiration and mystical …
Stories and Activities with Children 2: A Family Project Pack
Chris Thompson ♦ 15/04/2020 ♦ Leave a Comment
This project pact can be explored by one child, a group, for example, siblings together or even as a family activity. There are opportunities for design activities, imaginative writing in a variety of styles and suggestions for further research. The best introduction to this topic is to watch one of the video story sessions: Fergus …
Stories and Activities for Children 1: Bricriu’s Feast
Chris Thompson ♦ 14/04/2020 ♦ 2 Comments
It has been a while since Isolde and I have been able to work on the podcast but I have continued working with the stories in schools around Ireland, This year, as part of the 2020 Tain March Festival, in May, I had planned to set up a children’s Óenach in Roscommon. Like so much …
Walking with the Táin ~ Stories in The Landscape
Chris Thompson ♦ 25/06/2019 ♦ Leave a Comment
The text of the Táin Bó Cúailnge is one of Irish story’s greatest treasures. The central tale of the two great bulls may be familiar but the wealth of wider stories that circle the Táin, involve some of the most colourful of Irish characters and encompasses almost the whole of the country. Since 2011, a …
Medb: Conquests and Consequences
Chris Thompson ♦ 10/03/2019 ♦ 1 Comment
Medb, Queen of Connacht, is rightly renowned in Irish legend and mythology, as a strong and influential woman leader. Her centre of power, Cruachan Ai, is still recognised as one of the most important Iron-age sites in Ireland. Medb lead her people in her own name and by her own right. She was a strong woman …
Robin Williamson: Five Denials on Merlin’s Grave
Chris Thompson ♦ 08/03/2019 ♦ Leave a Comment
Robin Williamson released 1997 When I was putting together my audio-article on story telling, I mentioned that I owed a debt of honour to the musician, story teller Robin Williamson. I also mentioned that I once owned an entire vinyl collection of Incredible String Band albums! (that was in another country and besides …..) I …
Telling Stories : Continuing the Oral Tradition
Chris Thompson ♦ 28/02/2019 ♦ Leave a Comment
Join Chris Thompson as she takes a story-teller’s view of the old Irish stories. Who told the and why were they so memorable. In this audio article, Chris celebrates the old stories and explores the challenges in telling them today. For those who have asked me for ideas and advice on story telling generally, I …
Story Archaeology Music
Story Archaeologists ♦ 24/02/2019 ♦ Leave a Comment
I have been meaning to put up a post recommending the musician whose composition ‘The Tamlin Jig’ has opened and closed Story Archaeology posts since the beginning. Isolde and I met Gian living in Drumshanbo, a few km from us, about the time we were first setting up the podcast. We were impressed with his …
Some questions answered by The Story Archaeologists
Story Archaeologists ♦ 25/11/2018 ♦ 1 Comment
We regularly receive questions from listeners and readers. We try to answer them as soon as we can but many are well worth exploring in more detail. Here we discuss just three. Firstly there is the problem of ‘coir’, a word that we use regularly in episodes to express an important but complex concept. Another …
Could you help with ‘tech’ support?
Story Archaeologists ♦ 02/09/2017 ♦ 1 Comment
Hi! Isolde and I are not exactly ‘techies’. We are competent but not much more. We waste so much time when there are minor connectivity issues with the website or podcast. For instance, why do we have to connect every post to Facebook manually? It should connect automatically but it never does. Why not? I have …