Irish Mythology Podcast
Marcas and Stephie adapt and retell famous, and not so famous stories from Irish Mythology and Folklore. Each episode features a dramatic reading of one of these tales, along with a deep dive into the original versions that they are adapted from. Encounter mighty warriors, druids, witches, demons, monsters, gods, fairies, ghosts, saints, and scholars as we travel to magical locations in the Irish otherworld - below the ground, under the sea, in the sky and beyond the realm of comprehension. Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/irishmythologypodcast
Episodes
The Milesians are coming!
Discover the mythical ancestors of the Gaelic Irish and their journey from the city known today as A Coruña in Galicia.
Íth sees a mysterious island across the sea from atop his father's tower in the north west Iberian settlement of Brigantia. Despite the discouragement of the elders, he and his nephew Míl forge a plan to sail to this magical land that one day will be known as Ireland.
We talk a...
This time it's war!
We've been leading up to this battle since episode three and well, here it is.
The Tuath Dé face the Fomóir at Moytura and Lugh will finally face his grandfather, Balor of the Destructive Eye.
Starring: Lugh, Balor, Indech, Ogma, Airmed, Loch Half-Green.
Co Starring: The Dagda, Macha, Nuada, Elatha, Bres, Gobniu, Dian Cecht, Luchta, Ochtriuil, Miach.
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Written, presented and produced by Marcas Ó hUis...
The walking dead, a talking corpse, a journey to the otherworld!
Join Nera as he accepts a Halloween challenge that ends up being a lot more than he bargained for.
We talk horror in Irish mythology, the good people, the restless dead and time travel!
Written, presented and produced by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh.
Music - Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attributio...
The episode contains some explicit content.
The Dagda is on a mission. He travels to the west to scout the invading Fomorian armies, but it's not all business for the supreme father. On his way, he meets up with The Morrígan for their annual tryst and later on, he hooks up with an unlikely lover. All's fair in love, war and sorcery.
We talk censorship, sex in mythology, the Tao of The Dagda, Ancient Mesopotamian smut an...
We examine the curious folklore around the figure of St. Sheelah who isn't mentioned in Patrick's writings or in the works of his hagiographers. We travel to Newfoundland, Canada and Australia in search of answers.
Written, presented and produced by Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh and Marcas Ó hUiscín.
With special thanks to Theresa O'Keefe and Dymphna Lonergan.
Music - Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative...
We talk about that old Irish harbinger of death, the Banshee, her connections with Badbh and the Morrigan, the tradition of keening at funerals and Professor of folklore, Patricia Lysaght's extensive research on the topic.
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Written, presented and produced by Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh and Marcas Ó hUiscín.
Music – Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 public licence
Bres and the Fomorians are raiding Ireland but Nuada doesn't want to drag the Tuath Dé into another war. Lugh and Bodbh Dearg take matters into their own hands and organise the riders of the sidhe into a resistance militia.
We also talk placelore, Lughnasadh and what archaeology can tell us about the worship of Lugh.
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Written, presented and produced by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh.
Music - Celtic W...
Vikings! Fish! Goat headed men! Sliding into DM's Medieval style! A clue to the biggest mystery in Irish Mythology!
Bres has lost the kingship of the Tuath Dé and now he's throwing a strop, but he has a plan. Maybe his estranged father and his people the Fomorian's can help him. He already knows one of them, a sinister figure known as Balor.
Before anything can happen, he has to find his dad and the only one who can help i...
It's time for Midir to face the music. He and Étain have been enjoying an extended honeymoon at Brú na Bóinne as guests of Aengus, but now he must return to Brí Leith where Fuamnach, the wife he left behind waits. Did we mention that Fuamnach is a powerful sorceress?
Starring: Midir, Étain, Fuamnach.
Co-Starring Aengus, The Dagda, Ogma, Lugh.
We talk polygamy in early medieval Ireland, Brehon Law, sorcery , flies in myt...
A look at what's ahead this summer on the Irish Mythology Podcast.
The conclusion of subtale 1 of The Wooing of Etain
The Fate of the Sons of Tuireann
The Second Battle of Moytura
Lugh, Balor and the Formorians, plus more from The Morrigan, The Dagda and Ogma.
Written, presented and produced by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh.
Music - Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Comm...
Midir loses an eye while trying to break up a fight; Dian Cecht works some healing magic; Aengus goes up to Down to woo Étaín for Midir; The Dagda fights an Octopus; WB Yeats is CANCELLED!
We ask if Aengus really was a god of love and/or a god of poetry and how he came to be associated with these things and we talk about family and networks of mutual aid.
There's a lot to unpack in this episode, the penultimate chapter in the first...
Patrick has had a lot of success spreading the word of God in Ireland, but one native deity and his followers are not going without a fight. Who will win this epic confrontation? Patrick versus Crom Cruach; This time it's biblical!
We talk Patrick, Cromm Cruach, hagiography, human sacrifice, Lóegaire mac Néill, and the different ways Christianity and native Irish Paganism interacted. We also make a bit of time to talk old St. Patri...
Aengus believes he is the son of Midir, his foster father, but gets a rude awakening when a jealous Fir Bolg youth tells him otherwise. On finding out his father is actually The Dagda, the King in the Sidhe, he sets out to meet him and claim a Sidhe of his own. There's one slight problem though; Someone already occupies the mound The Dagda had in mind for his son. That someone is the husband of Aengus's mother, the one The Dagda ha...
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