The Children of the Children of Lir

Nighttime on Still Waters

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Join us on a wet and windy night as, tonight, we listen the strange and untameable tale of Fionnghuala, Oadh, Fiacra and Conn, the children of Lir, and meet up with our own (children of the) children of Lir who share their own wild mythologies.

I also give an explanatory statement about the YouTube podcast channel.

Journal entry:

11th June, Tuesday

“Standing knee deep
In a green ocean of grass.
The woodpecker’s
Seagull laughter
Tumbles among the trees below.

And here am I,
On a summer’s evening,
Skimming stones across the stilled waters
Of a restless mind.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I retell the story of the Children of Lir. As can be expected from a tale birthed in orality it can be found in many forms. A good introduction can be found here: Wilderness Ireland. However, oral stories are not so much about the precise details but what you, the listener, bring to them.

I also refer to our old friend, Miles Hadfield’s (1950) An English Almanac.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.

David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mark and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

General Details

In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.

Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.

All other audio recorded on site.

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Bölümler

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:46)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:16)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:21)

5. Cabin chat (00:07:14)

6. The Children of the Children of Lir (00:14:21)

7. Signing off (00:39:13)

8. Weather Log (00:39:27)