Children of Lir and Gobán Saor

Children of Lir and Gobán Saor

Send us Fan Mail These are the last two stories I will share from the Mythological cycle, the first of four cycles of Irish Mythology. The children of Lir were dealt a dirty curse from their stepmother and it brokje their grandfather and father's heart. The King of England tried to kill Gobán Saor, Ireland's most skilled craftsman. So popular he was, a catholic saint was named after him! Support the show Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions

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Caoilte's Rabble and the Hostel of the Quicken tree

Caoilte's Rabble and the Hostel of the Quicken tree

Send us Fan Mail Finn is being held hostage by the high king at Tara. The quickiest man in all of Ireland is sent on a task in order to free him. Gather up two of every animal in Ireland and bring t...

18 Feb 202419min

Oisín and Tir Na nÓg

Oisín and Tir Na nÓg

Send us Fan Mail Oisin is my favorite story in Irish Mythology. The lines between myth, reality, folklore and Christianity are very blurred and it's hard not to believe in some truth to the stories I...

16 Feb 202424min

Diarmuid & Grainne

Diarmuid & Grainne

Send us Fan Mail One of the great Romantic legends of Ireland is that of Diarmuid & Grainne, Grainne, was the most beautiful woman in Ireland, she was also the daughter of Cormac MacAirt, the High Kin...

15 Feb 202420min

Fionn mac Cumhaill

Fionn mac Cumhaill

Send us Fan Mail is a hero in Ireland, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the Fianna bands of young roving hunter warriors, as well as being a seer and poet. He is sa...

13 Feb 202422min

Deirdre of the Sorrows

Deirdre of the Sorrows

Send us Fan Mail In Irish mythology, a tragic heroine (Deirdre of the Sorrows) of whom it was prophesied that her beauty would bring banishment and death to heroes. King Conchubar of Ulster wanted to ...

11 Feb 202422min

Cattle Raid of Cooley

Cattle Raid of Cooley

Send us Fan Mail This is the Irish Iliad. Medb (Maeve), the warrior queen of Connaught, disputes with her husband, Ailill, over their respective wealth. Because possession of the white-horned bull gu...

11 Feb 202418min

Cú Chulainn

Cú Chulainn

Send us Fan Mail Cú Chulainn, is an Irish warrior, hero, and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. He is believed to be an incarntion of the God Lu...

9 Feb 202426min

Ancient Structures part 2

Ancient Structures part 2

Send us Fan Mail This is the finish to the ancient structures of Ireland. Older than the pyramids and Stonehenge. Ancient text that explains them! One contains 1/3 of all Western Europe rock art! S...

7 Feb 202413min

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