Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council

Leitrim County Council Heritage
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Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council

We're proud to deliver our first ever podcast series which highlights much of Leitrim’s natural, built and cultural heritage from the people who know most about it. We’ll hear stories about potato planting and traditional farming methods; an overview of ecology and conservation; discussion on what sets Leitrim’s singing and fiddle music apart from other counties and take the chat right back to Leitrim’s prehistoric archaeology – all from a range of experts and local people passionate about heritage.

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  1. 2020/08/14

    Local History

    ContributorsJohn Bredin is the Chairman of the Carrick-on-Shannon Historical Society and runs St George’s Heritage Centre in the town. The latter is the former place of worship for the town’s Church of Ireland congregation; now, it celebrates the contribution of the town’s Catholic and Protestant communities, or ‘twin traditions,’ who have lived alongside each other since the town’s inception. John gives us a history of the town through its shared heritage.Margaret Connolly is a member of the...

    42 分鐘

  2. 2020/08/14

    Traditional Farming

    ContributorsJohn Reynolds has had an interest in the farming methods used by his ancestors since he learned them from his grandfather as a young boy. He takes us through the traditional way of sowing and harvesting perhaps the most historically important crop in Leitrim: the potato.Tommy Earley has been farming his family’s plot on the shores of Lough Allen for many years. When he first learned about organic farming in 1996, he didn’t know much about it - but what he heard he liked. He’s sinc...

    31 分鐘

  3. 2020/08/14

    Musical Heritage

    ContributorsFionnuala Maxwell is a singer and teacher who has made it her mission to promote and recover Leitrim’s musical heritage. She finds the lyrics or music of often forgotten Leitrim songs in historical manuscripts or publications, and performs her own interpretations of them. In this episode she takes us through a song called ‘The Little Hills o’ Leitrim’ which she found in an old Irish-American newspaper.Conor Ward is a fiddler living in Cootehall. He learned his craft in local céilí...

    34 分鐘

  4. 2020/08/14

    Ecology

    ContributorsNeil Foulkes has made a 30-year career out of hedge laying, and is an advocate for their maintenance. He knows all about the essential role hedgerows play in providing shelter and nourishment for wildlife in the county. He’s also in awe of their beauty, especially in Leitrim; and calls the Irish landscape a ‘wonder of the world.’Kate Bismilla is an ecologist working with the Irish Breeding Curlew EIP, which has been set up to address the decline of breeding curlew in Ireland. The ...

    32 分鐘

  5. 2020/08/14

    Leitrim Prehistory

    ContributorsDonna Gilligan is a museum archaeologist and heritage consultant, who has recently published an authoritative book chapter survey on Leitrim’s prehistory. As part of her work at the National Museum in Dublin, she has also studied prehistoric artefacts from Leitrim found in the museum’s collection. She discusses the significance of several of these objects, and explains the varied groups that settled in Leitrim during the prehistoric period.Sam Moore is a prehistorian and archaeolo...

    34 分鐘
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We're proud to deliver our first ever podcast series which highlights much of Leitrim’s natural, built and cultural heritage from the people who know most about it. We’ll hear stories about potato planting and traditional farming methods; an overview of ecology and conservation; discussion on what sets Leitrim’s singing and fiddle music apart from other counties and take the chat right back to Leitrim’s prehistoric archaeology – all from a range of experts and local people passionate about heritage.

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