The man who shot Michael Collins
Wording below is from 2015. See the updated article for 2022 here: https://www.racontour.com/michael-collins-remembered/ On this day 99 years ago, the 22nd of August 1922, Michael Collins was shot an...
22 Aug 20132min
Roscommon Lamb Festival 2013
There can be few better ambassadors for an area than locals with a talent and a passion. In this audio piece, you will hear several voices that have helped make the Roscommon Lamb Festival the great s...
12 Apr 201311min
Paddy the barber presents...
There can be few better ambassadors of a town than the likes of living legend, Paddy Joe Burke, the barber of Church Street, Roscommon Town. Here is his most eloquent ad lib on the wonders of the town...
27 Mar 20131min
And a lollypop for the lamb!
Seeing as out next project is an innovative audio app for Roscommon, we're more than happy to promote this great event on during the May bank holiday. Always great fun & brilliantly organized - their ...
27 Mar 20131min
St. Patrick
From 2012 in Newtowncunningham, hear Seoirse O'Dochartaigh and Sean Beattie tell us a bit more about this most mysterious of Irish icons. Seoirse recites the ballad 'St. Patrick was a gentleman' follo...
17 Mar 20138min
The Mote Park Lion
Much like the 'two vast and trunkless legs of stone' in Ozymandias, the Mote Park lion hasn't quite turned out the way his creator expected. Local historian, John Kerrigan, knows the estate like the b...
14 Mar 20131min
Welcome to St John's House
Elizabeth and Richard Collins run St. John’s House, a Georgian guesthouse by the shores of Lough Ree in County Roscommon, where you can really let yourself unwind in a true hidden gem of Ireland. Loca...
12 Feb 20133min
Superstitions on trial 2/2
In collating the amount of material for The Rambling House, we became aware of the density of material regarding superstitions, folklore and customs in the northwest of Ireland. In an effort to try an...
12 Jan 201328min
