Lost and Sunken Places

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Unreal Irish Folklore

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Tales of mythical islands and enchanted cities have captivated our storytellers for generations. We are always searching, searching on the far horizon and in the depths of our lakes and rivers, for the worlds we have lost, and the promised lands we still have left to find. Read the Podcast Script Sources and Further Reading IntroductionsIreland’s Mysterious Lands and Sunken Cities by Jon Douglas SingerImmramCeltic Otherworld KilstuiffeenOrdnance Survey Letters by John O’Donovan and Eugene O’CurryIreland: its scenery, its character etc. by S. C. HallLegendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick KennedyA Folklore Survey of County Clare by Thomas John WestroppThe Monks of Kilcrea by A. G. Geoghegan Caher Linn@RostrevorRARE’s postDúchas StoriesCarlingfordCarlingford VolcanoLouth Folk Tales by Doreen McBrideCarlingford Leaflet Fintan Mac BochraLebor Gabála Érenn translated by R. S. MacalisterThe Hawk of Achill or the Legends of the Oldest Animals by Eleanor Hull LibanAnnals of the Kingdom of IrelandThe Topography of Ireland by Giraldus Cambrensis Mystical IslandsThe Topography of Ireland by Giraldus CambrensisSpeculum Regale translated by Laurence Marcellus Larson The Voyage of BrendanLives of Saints from the Book of Lismore translated by Whitley StokesBrendanCumann Comnae by Julianne Pigott MusicThe Butterfly by SláinteDrops of Brandy / The Mountain Kid by AislinnThe Burning of the Piper’s Hut by PinnipiedPretty Little Dog by Shake that Little FootShady Grove by Shake that Little Foot