Céad Míle Fáilte
This is Todd. In this week's edition we have a new episode of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. In addition to that we have new episodes of both the Travelling in Ireland Podcast & Copperplate Time. We also have blog posts on 12 fascinating facts about Grace O'Malley and a new study that might show where the lost islands in Welsh folklore are located. We hope you enjoy this week's editions of both the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast and this magazine.
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #573: MY LAGAN LOVE
- Altan, The Byrne Brothers, Wolf Loescher, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Niamh Dunne, The Chieftains, The Fretless & The Bros. Landreth, Tulua, Don Gabbert, Heidi Talbot, The Sternwheelers, Screeched Inn, Wakefire, The Haar
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Meghan Walker, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Lynda MacNeil, Annie Lorkowski, Jennifer, Travis Senzaki, Shawn Cali.
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 PLAYLIST
- Every week, Patrons of the Podcast vote in the Celtic Top 20. Those votes are tabulated two weeks later. The most-popular songs are added to these playlists.
- You can vote for your favorite by following the link in this week's show.
Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, or YouTube
CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20
- Every year, I publish the Celtic Top 20. This is your pick of the best, most-popular songs of the year. But to make the show great, I need you to vote for your favorite songs in each episode.
- Just list each of the bands performing those favorite songs to quickly and easily cast your vote.
THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST
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IRISHFEST ATLANTA IS NOV 4-5, 2022
- IrishFest Atlanta was launched November 2013 to promote the culture of Ireland through the country’s traditional music, song, dance, and language. The vision of IrishFest Atlanta’s original founders was to create a weekend of cultural performances, lectures, and workshops in a festive environment appealing to community members of all ages and varying familiarity of all things Irish.
- Enjoy headlining music from Altan and Lunasa
- Plus, enjoy music from Jared Bogle, The BorderCollies, Celtic Brew, Colm Broderick & Patrick Finley, Madeline Dierauf & Calum Bell, Kathleen Donohoe & Debra Peterson, The Gentry, Hollie Greenwood & Evelyn Thom, The Irish Brothers, Bella Issakova & Randy Clepper, The Muckers, The Phoenixians
WHEN TO BEGIN PLANNING YOUR IRELAND VACATION | TRAVELING IN IRELAND PODCAST EPISODE
- You've decided to go to Ireland! YAY! Now the fun begins! It's time to plan your trip!
GRACE O'MALLEY: 12 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT IRELAND'S FEARLESS PIRATE QUEEN
- GRACE O’Malley is celebrated in Ireland as the original ‘Pirate Queen’, but the 16th century figure was also a remarkable leader respected not only by her own people but also by her sworn enemy – the English.
COPPERPLATE TIME 409
- Bothy Band, London Lasses, John McEvoy & John Wynne, The Jeremiah’s, John Bowe & Mary Conroy, Mick O’Brien, Carmel Gunning, Seamus Quinn, Paddy O’Brien, Ann Mulqueen, Marcas Ó Murchu, Ben Lennon & Tony O’Connell, Liam O’Flynn, Bobby Casey, Liam Kelly: Phyllis’s Birthday/Patsy Hanley’s/Devils of Dublin, Mary McPartlan, Jez Lowe, Goitse, Terry Clarke, The Outside Track, Bothy Band
NEW STUDY OF THE GOUGH MAP SHOWS WHAT MIGHT BE THE LOST ISLANDS OF WELSH FOLKLORE
- A pair of researchers, one with Swansea University, the other with Oxford University, has taken a new look at the Gough map and have found what might be the lost islands of ancient Welsh folklore. In their paper published in the journal Atlantic Geoscience, Simon Haslett and Davis Willis describe two small islands on the map that do not exist today.
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You can send a comment or a picture of what you're doing. You can also send a photo from one of your trips to a Celtic nation or anywhere around the globe.
Slainte!
Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
September 15, 2022
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