The Stories Beneath

Margaret Mckenna
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Beneath our feet and all around us here in Ireland, there is a wealth of stories of an ancient past. Our place names hold an insight into a world of Goddesses and Heroes, battles, and descriptions of amazing land and seascapes. In a country where our old Irish names have been changed beyond recognition, this podcasts goes beneath, to the true meanings and tell the tales of where we live. Our aim is that the listener, no matter where they live, will open their eyes and question and learn the stories behind their own place names.

  1. Summer Solstice .... The Goddess Áine of Loch Goir (Lough Gur)

    06/21/2023

    Summer Solstice .... The Goddess Áine of Loch Goir (Lough Gur)

    Loch Goir (Lough Gur) in County Limerick is an ancient site which includes our largest Stone Circle at Grange. Associated with the Goddess Áine, her hill being close by, this area is filled with stories, including that of a medieval Earl and the rather mysterious Crom Dubh.

    28 min
  2. Fore....Seven Wonders and a local Viking!

    06/05/2023

    Fore....Seven Wonders and a local Viking!

    Fore is a place most associated with St. Feichin, his monastery and the Seven Wonders of Fore but there are connections too, to a more ancient time and to a raider who had his castle on a nearby lake. A fascinating history of Myths, Celts, Vikings and Normans. Don't forget to check out my website www.margaretmckenna.ie for lots of my images of our mythology and my blogs on our ancient places.

    27 min
  3. Loughcrew, tales of ancient cairns and the Cailleach

    05/21/2023

    Loughcrew, tales of ancient cairns and the Cailleach

    Loughcrew is particularly dear to me, and is associated with the Cailleach the sovereignty Goddess, builder of landscapes. A place of Neolithic cairns filled with art and aligned with the ancient calendar days, telling us of ancestors who knew how to read the cosmos.

    29 min
  4. Uisneach, the first fires of Bealtaine

    05/04/2023

    Uisneach, the first fires of Bealtaine

    The feast of Bealtaine, one of the four major fire festivals of the ancient Celtic an pre-Celtic world is said to have been celebrated at Uisneach, in the centre of Ireland and a place associated with the Goddess Ériu.

    18 min
  5. Navan...a town of the cave,an ancient Queen and a Goddess

    04/22/2023

    Navan...a town of the cave,an ancient Queen and a Goddess

    Navan/ An Uaimh is one of those places with a name that reflects an ancient past, perhaps associated with a Queen of the Milesians and of a Goddess who gave her name to the River Boyne which flows its centre. More art connected to our mythology can be found on my website www.Celticmyths.ie

    22 min
  6. Kilkenny, County of Witches, Saints and Ancients

    04/11/2023

    Kilkenny, County of Witches, Saints and Ancients

    Kilkenny or Cill Chainnigh in Irish, is a county awash with history, from ancient sites of mythological proportions, to a Medieval city where accusations of witchcraft resulted in a tale of death by association.

    30 min
  7. The ancient Kingdom of Airghialla (Oriel)

    04/02/2023

    The ancient Kingdom of Airghialla (Oriel)

    In this podcast I talk about how that ancient Irish Kingdom of Airghialla (Oriel) came to be, as well as stories from around the town of Carraig Mhachaire Rois (Carrickmacross)

    25 min
  8. Slieve gCuillinn, a place of legends

    03/24/2023

    Slieve gCuillinn, a place of legends

    Slieve Gullion, the mountain in Armagh that is rich in archaeology and mythology with tales associated with legends of of our main Heroes and Goddesses, such as Fionn MacCumhaill, CúChullainn and the Cailleach, as well as being the site of some of our most ancient cairns.

    26 min
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Beneath our feet and all around us here in Ireland, there is a wealth of stories of an ancient past. Our place names hold an insight into a world of Goddesses and Heroes, battles, and descriptions of amazing land and seascapes. In a country where our old Irish names have been changed beyond recognition, this podcasts goes beneath, to the true meanings and tell the tales of where we live. Our aim is that the listener, no matter where they live, will open their eyes and question and learn the stories behind their own place names.

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  • Creator
    Margaret Mckenna
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