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Bluiríní Béaloidis is the podcast from The National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin, and is a platform to explore Irish and wider European folk tradition across an array of su...
Ailbe van der Heide is Collections Curator at the National Folklore Collection, having joined the staff in 2020, shortly after graduating fr...
Steve Roud is a Librarian, folklore scholar and creator of the Roud Folk Song Index, which contains upwards of 750,000 entries to around 45,...
Video recording of this episode is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OcxwmDuUeU&ab_channel=UCD-UniversityCollegeDublin Henry...
Regarding food in Irish tradition, Kevin Danaher, writing in 1964, noted that "Sometimes we get the impression that Ireland, in ancient time...
Hello a chairde, and welcome to episode 40 of Blúiríní Béaloidis, the podcast from the National Folklore Collection. It would be remiss of m...
Bees have been cultivated in Ireland since early times. Of value for their wax and honey, there were also believed to be blessed creatures,...
Lying in fields and ditches, at the edge of old and overgrown graveyards and in lonesome places all over Ireland rest forgotten echoes of ou...
"Long as the day is, night comes, and alas, the night is coming for me too... Someone else will have pastime out of my work when I'm gone on...
Irish Travellers, known in their own language as Mincéirs or Pavees and in Irish called ‘An Lucht Siúil or, ‘The Walking People’, are a noma...
The Civil War was a schismatic moment in Irish history, and the fault lines it left split families, tore apart communities and turned former...
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on the 6th of December 1921, bringing an end to the 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence. To mark 100 years...
In life, there is much which seems uncertain to us. Concerning death however, there can be no doubt. It was an honour to speak with funeral...
With the coming of the cool wet weather of autumn, life begins to turn inward again . The fields lie fallow and bare, flowers wither, leaves...
For this episode of Blúiríní I am joined by sculptor Aidan Harte, whose recent work 'The Púca of Ennistymon' was commissioned by Clare count...
There are numerous accounts in tradition of wayfarers who suffer fits of confusion and disorientation while traversing the natural landscape...
The Irish Folklore Commission (established in 1935) tasked itself with the documentation of the unwritten customs, beliefs and narratives of...
My guest for this edition of Bluiríní Béaloidis is writer and documentary maker Manchán Magan, whose recent book 'Thirty-Two Words For Field...
The Banshee is a well known supernatural figure in Irish folk tradition. In origin a patron goddess caring for the fortunes of her people, t...
Seals have been an integral part of coastal life in Ireland for generations, and as such there exists a large body of tradition, belief and...
Midsummer has long been observed as a period of jubilant celebration, with communal gatherings at bonfires and prayers, recitations, music,...
It was said in tradition that 'there isn't an ailment or infirmity the cure of which doesn't grow in the fields or along the hedges', and in...
Lying in overgrown fields, by churches and next to roadsides all over Ireland, are hidden holy wells and sacred springs which have for count...
Our lives are built on the stories we tell. At both an individual and a communal level, they orient and mould us, shaping our perspectives a...
The festival of Samhain has since ancient times been considered as a major turning point in the ritual year. In marking the threshold of dar...
This twentieth edition of Blúiríní Béaloidis comes as something of a bittersweet occasion, with Claire raising a parting glass to 'gently ri...
While rooted in the earth, trees ascend towards the firmament of the Heavens. They likewise renew themselves through the eternal rhythms tha...
St. Brigid’s Day falls on the first of February, and is traditionally understood as marking the beginning of spring in Irish custom. Dedicat...
From Jul 28, 1914 until Nov 11, 1918 the iron dice of war rolled across the fields of Europe with a ferocity and magnitude the likes of whic...
Native European and Irish Tradition posits the existence of an Otherworld realm lying beyond the furthest reaches of the horizon; an island...
Irish communities have been sustained for centuries by the fruits of our seas, rivers and lakes, from which both physical and economic subsi...
The birth of a child is among the most important moments in the life of the individual, and of the community of which they are a broader par...
The idea of the existence of a soul or life-force which exists independently of the body is of considerable antiquity. In folk tradition, th...
The 17th of March sees countries the world over celebrate Saint Patrick's Day - a day which is commonly marked with large parades and revelr...
Betrothal and marriage are among the most central and important rites of passage in any community, and in Irish tradition one was not seen a...
Cattle have been central to Irish farming since the Neolithic period, and in early Ireland were even used as a unit of currency. In this mon...
Séamus Ó Duilearga (James Hamilton Delargy), founder of the Irish Folklore Commission, speaking of his 'burning urge to save' the traditions...
For this month's edition of Blúiríní Béaloidis, hosts Claire Doohan and Jonny Dillon set out to take a critical look at traditional practice...
Owing to their impact on human affairs, weather occurrences of all sorts were a source of preoccupation for our forebears, who would look to...
The Ulster Cycle consists of a corpus of tales forming one of the main branches of early Irish Literature, which have come down to us across...
In fields, valleys and quiet places the country over can be found countless earthwork mounds, cairns, tumuli and other signs of early human...
The arrival of the harvest was for our forebears a time of great celebration, for it marked the point at which the lean months of June and '...
In the traditional dwelling is found a well of spiritual, cultural and material information. Through it many things are revealed, from the w...
Since the earliest times, Man has sought to come to terms with the unknown powers and forces that act upon life and wellbeing. It is natural...
The first of May is marked in Ireland (and across Europe more broadly), as a day on which the summer is welcomed in; where garlands of flowe...
Welcome to Blúiríní Béaloidis, the new podcast from the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin. In this introductory episod...