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Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland’s most famous myths and folklore, and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history which have become almost forgotten in centuries past.
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Deirdre of the Sorrows
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
There once was born a cursed girl. She was beautiful, and strong-willed, and would do anything for the man she loved. But in her name, evil came to Ireland, bringing war and fighting that left hundreds dead in its wake. Her name was Deirdre, and stories told about her live on, as one of Ireland’s most sorrowful legends.
- Sonder Magazine
- Let's Talk About the Arts episode (my story is at about 28:30)
Sources and further Reading
Story Sources
- The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu by Vernam Hull
- Deirdre, or, The Exile of the Sons of Usnech
- Deirdre, in The Three Sorrows of Storytelling by Douglas Hyde
- The Trí Truaighe na Scéalaigheachta by Eugene O'Curry
Background reading
- Kingship Made Real? Power and the Public World in Longes Mac nUislenn by Elva Johnston
- Satire in Medieval Ireland
- Leabharcham
- Milesians
- How Ronan Slew His Son
- Cano meic Gartnáin
- Diarmuid & Gráinne
Music
- The Butterfly by Sláinte
- Our Green Lands by Bonn Fields
- Calling on the Hill by Moorland Songs
- Red as a Rose by Rune Dale
- Turnpikes by Rune Dale
- Farewell to Ennerdale Water by Moorland Songs
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