Podcast 159: Bealtaine, Ireland's Fire Festival

Especially for púcaí season, listen to seven stories from míolseanchas na hÉireann – the lore of Irish creatures. You’ll hear about na sióga – the fairiesan bhean sí – the bansheean púca – the pookaan...

28 Okt 202458min

Bitesize Irish member Colleen Snyder talks to Niall about tracing her roots in Ireland and the very real medical impact of that genetic trail. Shownotes including picture of Colleen and Niall here: h...

14 Okt 20241h

In this Q&A from the archive, Bitesize Irish members put their questions to Dr Garry Bannister, author of Teasáras Gaeilge-Béarla (Irish-English Thesaurus) and more.Further shownotes including links t...

30 Sep 202458min

In this live Q&A from the archive, Eoin and Ben discuss the dialect of Corca Dhuibhne (the Dingle Peninsula). Shownotes available at:https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/qa-gaelainn-chorca-dhuibhne/Go to o...

16 Sep 202454min

In this episode we feature two recent conversations with Bitesize Irish members, one on the European mainland and one from a chance meeting on the edge of the known world aka County Donegal. Watch th...

2 Sep 202435min

In this episode Niall interviews folklorist Conchúr Mag Eacháin about traditions surrounding Lúnasa, the ancient Irish festival which gave its name to the modern month of August in Irish. See shownot...

19 Aug 202458min

In this episode Ben and Niall discuss Ireland's ancient answer to the Olympic Games - Aonach Tailteann.Watch the original video at: https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/aonach-tailteann/Get a 10% discount ...

5 Aug 202431min

In this archive Q&A session, Ben and Siobhán discuss some of the big questions surrounding the genitive case. Resources mentioned: focloir.ie teanglann.ie tuairisc.ie (nuachtán/newspaper) nos.ie (ir...

22 Juli 20241h 3min