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The Letter from Ireland Podcast. Join us as we travel in the footsteps of your Irish Ancestors - visiting their homelands and telling their stories as they put down roots in so many places a...
In this special Irish family history episode we take two letters from our Green Room members. We chat about the approach they should take to...
In this special episode we choose one of our Green Room members (see more about the Green Room here) and accompany them on a genealogical tr...
In this episode we look at a very difficult time in Ireland - one that triggered a time of death across the population of the island as well...
In this episode we look at two of the major family surnames of Ireland - O'Neill and O'Connor. The first story asks if you have Niall of the...
In this musical episode we look at a very personal choice of the eight most unique Irish MALE singing voices. I wonder will you agree? Maybe...
In this episode we tell the story of not one, but two, Irish families that came out of the area surrounding the town of Bantry in West Cork,...
In this musical episode we look at a very personal choice of the eight most beautiful Irish femail singing voices. I wonder will you agree?...
In this episode we travel to that fascinating county at the north-east of the island of Ireland - County Antrim. We explore it's rich herita...
In this episode we celebrate 10 years of the Letter from Ireland! In the summer of 2013, we started to write, and send out, a weekly letter...
In this episode we look at two different Irish races - one from the 18th century and one from the early 20th century. Our first story charts...
In this episode we look at how the growth of Irish towns and cities was tied to a clean source of water at the time of the Vikings - and how...
In this very special episode we take a trip around Inishmore - the largest of the Aran Islands - in the company of Cyril O'Flaherty. Cyril i...
In this episode we take a trip inside the "Hedge Schools" of Ireland - places of learning that were dotted around Ireland right up to the mi...
In this episode we cover two infamous real life murder cases in the west of Ireland during the 1800s. The first murder was as a result of ma...
In today's episode we chat about all things Irish - the Irish language that is! The first letter looks at Irish sayings and proverbs in thei...
In this episode we take a musical trip around the nine counties of Ulster: Derry (Londonderry), Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cav...
In this episode we look at the journey a branch of the Vikings took and established a Dukedom in what became known as "Normandy" in northern...
In this episode we look at two different styles of story-telling. First, Carina reads out "Which County did your Irish Ancestor Come from?"....
In this episode we look at how the Celtic Druids of Ireland in pre-christian times evolved into the monks, priests, brehon judges, bards and...
You are most likely familiar with the song Danny Boy - Ireland's unofficial anthem. In this episode we first have a listen to Danny Boy and...
If you have ever visited Ireland then you have almost certainly visited our capital city of Dublin! There are so many cultural, heritage and...
As we approach the month of May, we celebrate the coming of summer here in Ireland. The month of May is called "Bealtaine" in the Irish lang...
In this episode we chat with a native Irish Gaelic Speaker - Eoin O'Connor from Ennis in County Clare. Eoin started a company called Bitesiz...
In this episode we visit a field in the wilds of Connemara in County Galway and chat about two significant events - each of which brought ab...
In this episode we chat about the running of a very specific castle in County Galway during the time of the Irish Chieftains. We look at the...
We visit one of the many, many Holy Wells around Ireland and chat with the lady whose family is responsible for the upkeep of this ancient I...
In a follow-up to our recent episode about traveling from Cobh to Ellis Island - we head back to the Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork and...
Join us as we attend a Saint Patrick's Day Parade of Story and Song. In this episode we sharetwo stories - one all about the places in Irela...
In this special episode of the Letter from Ireland show we start our journey in Cobh (Queenstown) in County Cork. We chat with the manager o...
In this week's episode we go back in time. First we go back to a time when the first Celtic peoples arrived in Ireland - we then go back eve...
In this week's episode we look a little closer at how our Irish ancestors lived and worked through the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday e...
In this week's episode share what we consider to be eight of the best traditional Irish love songs of all time! This is, of course, a very p...
In this week's episode we look at the life times and legacy of three ancient Celtic saints - with lots of fine music in between. We start wi...
We look at the connections between the Irish name "Brigid/Bridget", Saint Bridget of Kildare and the Irish Celtic Goddess Brigid. This is al...
This week we have a special episode that takes you around ten counties on the island of Ireland. We stop off at each point and share a song...
In this episode we trace the origins of Carina's Irish grandfather - Bartholomew Cronin. He died well before she was born and she only recen...
In this episode we trace the origins - and more - of Carina's mystery Irish grandmother. I say "mystery" because Carina only ever knew her a...
In this episode we explore not just the world of Irish music - but 10 tracks from the extended Celtic family. We use music featured on the T...
In todays special Christmas episode, we share a selection of old Irish Christmas carols, songs and tunes. They include: The Bells of Dublin/...
In today's episode we share some old Irish names - quite beautiful ones - that are just some of our favourites for boys and girls. Perhaps y...
This week we look at one of the most Irish of cities outside Ireland - the city of Liverpool on the western shores of Britain. It's a place...
This week we look at the fact that there are many, many more people of Irish descent OUTSIDE the island of Ireland than on the island of Ire...
Welcome to this special musical edition of the Letter from Ireland podcast. We take a tour around the five counties - Galway, Mayo, Sligo, L...
In this episode we look at two types of storyteller. First, we have the "bard" who composes songs to honour the deeds and exploits of the gr...
In this episode, we look at the time of the Brehon laws of Ireland and take an example of just some of these Gaelic common laws that held ou...
Join us on this episode of the Letter from Ireland show as we tell some surprising stories from an Irish Halloween! Did you know that many o...
In this episode, we feature two Irish Pub stories that are bound together. In the first, we chat about the book McCarthy's Bar - which gives...
Today we feature two Irish movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood - Grace Kelly and Maureen O'Hara. In one story we chat about the "Tw...
In this extended musical edition of the Letter from Ireland podcast, we share 15 songs performed by 15 Irish artists. Each song has a connec...
In this episode we look at the journey a branch of the Vikings took and established a Dukedom in what became known as "Normandy" in northern...