40 episodes
The Incomparable History Of Ireland Lauren
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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Ireland has been inhabited mythically for 33,000 years with the first humans arriving about 10,000 years ago. Known as the Neolithic and Megalithic period, humans used small stone tools, and polished and crafted with points and attached to antlers, bone or wood to serve as spears and arrows. They often lived nomadically in camps by rivers and bodies of water.
The Ancient Greeks called Ireland The Ancient Island! Ireland has 70% of Europe's rock art. The megalithic structures have many stories and New Grange is older than the pyramids and Stonehenge. These residents of Ireland were observers of the night sky who understood cosmic patterns. Irish Mythology has magical journeys to the Otherworld, stories of Irish heroes like Cú Chulainn, tales of monsters and time-travel that inspired Tolkien Lords of the Rings as well as the books of C.S. Lewis. A whole world of amazing stories are waiting for you!https://www.facebook.com/ClanNaGaelDEhttps://www.irishrosegiftshop.com/
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Martin Hurson and Kevin Lynch
Send us a Text Message.Martin Hurson and Kevin Lynch were the next two die on hunger strike. Here are their storiesSupport the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions
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Patsy O'Hara and Joe McDonnell
Send us a Text Message.Patsy and Joe were the two hunger strikers I most related to when they were in the news in 1981. Here is a little bit about themSupport the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions
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Francis Hughes & Raymond McCreesh
Send us a Text Message.Francis was the the 2nd young man to die in the hunger strike of 1981. Raymond McCreesh was the 3rd. This is their stories. A little about them and how they were arrestedSupport the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions
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Bobby Sands
Send us a Text Message.Bobby Sands rose to international prominence in 1981 when he embarked on a fatal hunger strike while imprisoned for activities related to the IRA’s armed campaign against the British government.Sands’s rough childhood, which included several assaults by unionist paramilitaries and local Protestant gangs, led to his decision to volunteer for the IRA in 1972. Sands was arrested twice, the first time for weapons possession, in 1972, and imprisoned at Long Kesh as a “s...
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Hunger Strike History Part 1
Send us a Text Message.Hunger Strike is an old Celtic tradition going back to the Brehon Laws. It was how you publicly displayed your desire for restitution for wrongs done against you. The first time it was used as political protest was in 1913 by James Connolly. In May of 1981 the young prisoners who died on hunger strike changed the history and the direction of Northern Ireland in the decades that followed their deaths. Support the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cy...
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Hunger Strike History Part 2
Send us a Text Message.Hunger Strike is an old Celtic tradition going back to the Brehon Laws. It was how you publicly displayed your desire for restitution for wrongs done against you. The first time it was used as political protest was in 1913 by James Connolly. In May of 1981 the young prisoners who died on hunger strike changed the history and the direction of Northern Ireland in the decades that followed their deaths. Support the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cy...
Customer Reviews
Go hiontach (awesome)
Not only is the material is so rich and intriguing, the storytelling is spot on. Wonderful inclusions of Irish words and music and Lauren’s voice and way of speaking are warm and welcoming like a perfect glass of whiskey.
Excellent
Informative and entertaining
Worth listening to!
Loved the first episode- can’t wait to hear more!