There are 12 Episodes
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This series allowed us to really explore stories in the landscape. It offered great opportunities to explore the rich resource of Metrical Dindshenchas (The Lore of Place-names and gave us a chance to delve into some of the best of Irish stories.
Dindshenchas 01: From Vellum to Hardback – An Interview with Dr. Ranke de Vries
- Listen to the Podcast: From Vellum to Hardback – An Interview with Dr. Ranke de Vries (Part 1)
- Listen to the podcast: From Vellum to Hardback (part 2)
Dindshenchas 02: Dindshenchas and Dreamtime
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- Listen to the Podcast: Dindshenchas and Dreamtime
- Images from Kakadu – Australia
- The Dindshenchas of Athleague – Áth Líac Find: tranlation from Merrical Dindshenchas by Isolde
- The Dindshenchas of the Barrow River – Berba: translation by Isolde
- The Dindshenchas of Knowth – Cnogba: translation by Isolde
Dindshenchas 03: The Well and the Cheese – The Unlikely Story of Medb and her Sisters
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- Listen to the Podcast The Well and the Cheese
- Who killed Medb? ~ a poem by Chris
- The Violent Death of Maeve: textual translation with notes by Isolde
- Inis Clothran in pictures
- The Two Sisters: an old ballad: article by Chris
- The Dindshenchas of Carn Hill, Co. Longford – Carn Furbaide
Dindshenchas 04: Fled Bricrenn : 1 The Feasting Hall
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- Listen to the podcast: Fled Bricrenn 1: The Feasting Hall
- Find Chris’ story: A Feasting Hall
- The mead-circling hall ~ roundhouses and their stories: article by Chris
Dindshenchas 05: Fled Bricrenn 2 – The Road to Crúachán
- Listen to the Podcast: Fled Bricrenn 2 – The Road to Crúachán
- The Coming of the Heroes to Crúachán by Chris (loosely based on Henderson translation)
- Dressed to the nines! ~ a gallery of finery.
Dindshenchas 06: Fled Bricrenn 3 – Your Head or Mine?
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- Listen to the podcast: Fled Bricrenn 3: Your head or mine?
- Find Chris’ story: A Giant in the Mead Hall
Dindshenchas 07: Fled Bricrenn 4 – A Head to Head Discussion
- Listen to the Podcast: A Head to Head Discussion
- ‘If you can keep your head’ – Thoughts on the beheading game. Bricriu and the Green Knight. by Chris
- The Legend of Knockmany Hill – a late tale of Cú Chulainn by Chris
- Cú Chulainn’s Wild Ride by Isolde
Dindshenchas 08: The Further Adventures of Nera – The Cow and the Time Machine
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- Listen to the podcast: The Cow and the Time Machine
- Find Chris’ story: The Cave Between the Worlds
- Sat-Navs and Seanchaís – Finding your way through stories and landscapes
- The Ancestors and the Hollow Hills: an exploration of the Otherworld by Chris
Dindshenchas 09: Tocmarc Étaíne 1 – A Fly On The Wall
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- Listen to the podcast: A Fly on the Wall
- Find Chris’ story: Fuamnach
- The Text of Tocmarc Étaíne Part 1 translation by Isolde
- Brú na Bóinne and Cnogba – the Boyne Valley in the Metrical Dindshenchas: translation by Isolde
- The Brú na Bóinne and Brí Leith: landscape exploration by Chris
- Étaín, Eithliu, Vessels and Rebirth: article by Isolde
Dindshenchas 10: Tocmarc Étaíne 2 – The Re-Born Identity
- .Listen to the podcast: The Re-Born Identity
- Find the story told by Chris: A Prophecy
- The Text of Tocmarc Étaíne Part 2: Translation by Isolde
Dindshenchas 11: Tocmarc Étaíne 3 – A Game of Fidchell
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- Listen to the podcast: A Game of Fidchell
- Find Chris’ telling of the story A Causeway Over Móin Lámraige
- The Corlea Trackway
Dindshenchas 12: A Magical Mystery Tour Listen to the Podcast: A Magical Mystery Tour
- Listen to the podcast: A Magical Mystery Tour – Some Dindshenchas ‘gems’
- The Dindshenchas of Brug na Bóinde, Boyne Valley, Co. Meath: Translations by Isolde
- The Dindshenchas of Dublin :Translations by Isolde
- The Dindshenchas of Áth Clíath Cúalann: Dublin: Translations by Isolde
- Find Chris’ telling of Colmcille and the Water Monster
- The Dindshenchas of Carmun :Translations by Isolde
- The Dindshenchas of Inber Ailbine: Gormanston, Co. Dublin: Translations by Isolde
- Fer Fio’s Cry: A Poem for Long Life: Translation by Isolde
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