Céad Míle Fáilte,
It is Todd. In this week’s issue we have new episodes of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast & Pub Songs and Stories. The other podcasts we highlight are Ireland Travel Tips & the Copperplate Podcast. The articles we highlight include ones about Áine Duffy, the town of Laugharne, & hiking in Scotland. The Celtic fest we highlight this week is Penticton Scottish Festival Society, in Penticton, British Columbia. We still have information about the Scotland Celtic Invasion. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #668: FREEDOM FOR THE FOURTH
- New York Brogue, Lissa Schneckenburger, Poitín, The Homespun Ceilidh Band, Bedlam Bards, Derek Warfield, Kevin Meehan, Trochrague, High Octane, The Fenian Sons, Sorcha, Black 47, Clare Cunningham, Marc Gunn
- A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Frank D, Sean C, Michael H
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2024 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.
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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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SCOTTISH WHISKY & HIKING
- Taste Scottish whisky and hike off the whisky in some of Scotland's grand locations. To that end, we will fly into Inverness. Drive through Speyside, past Edinburgh into the Lowlands before making our way back up to the Highlands. We will hit at least three of the Scottish whisky regions with this plan. But it's not just about the whisky. It's also about the hiking. We will spend 1-2 hours in between tastings to hike local sites, take pictures, and soak up the countryside.
PUB SONGS & STORIES #288: PRINCESS BRIDE'S BIG ADVENTURE WITH REN ADVENTURES
- You'll learn why you should watch out for wild boar in Italy, see what happens when a juggler's props don't arrive, and learn about the most-beautiful place in Europe. Hear a story about biking across Italy. I interviewed jugglers Paolo Garbanzo and Carl Asch about their Ren Adventures.
- Plus, enjoy music from Scottish folk singer Ed Miller and Irish songwriter Enda Reilly.
IRELAND TRAVEL TIPS: 3 IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO CHECK BEFORE YOUR IRELAND VACATION
- There is a lot to do as you prepare for your Ireland vacation… Flights. Accommodations. Transportation. Tickets for tours and attractions. What to pack. What NOT to pack.
- The list goes on and on.
- Which makes it very easy to overlook the three important documents you must check prior to leaving for your Ireland vacation: your passport, your driver's license, and your travel insurance coverage.
TEN MINUTES WITH CORK SINGER ÁINE DUFFY
- COUNTY Cork singer Áine Duffy will be releasing her Keep Her Lit album this summer.
- But Áine’s vision extends beyond music.
- After a successful project during the pandemic brought music to the public with a converted old donkey box to stage/camper called the DUFFBOX, she is now revolutionising the touring experience.
Copperplate Podcast 295
- Danu, McCarthy Family, Bobby Casey, Caoimhin O’Feaghaill & Paddy Tutty, Patsy Moloney & John Regan, John McEvoy & John Wynne, Sean O’Driscoll, Kate Purcell, Sorcha Costello, Eamonn Cotter, Daith Gormley, Tommy Keane & Jacqueline, Ben & Charlie Lennon, Tim Dennehy, Mick O’Brien & Terry Crehan
‘THE STRANGEST TOWN IN WALES' I STAYED IN, BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH
- The enchanting ‘town' where Dylan Thomas made his home that's on the verge of a come back.
- Ever stay in a town, village, or cottage out in the country, that just has that extra magical feel to it, you can't quite put your finger on, but it leaves you enchanted? Wales Online property editor shares her experience when she visited Laugharne, where Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas made his home. This is her stay in her own words:
‘WALKING AWAY FROM THE WORLD IN SCOTLAND’: AN EASIER WAY TO PLAN LONG HIGHLANDS HIKES
- A new website aims to give people more confidence on multi-day, self-guided hikes, and sees our writer – who’d previously had to abandon a wild camping trip in the area – return in triumph
- The last time I went wild camping in Scotland the experience was so tame I haven’t lived it down a decade later. The wrong equipment, paired with a late frost, meant that I packed up at 3am and headed to a drive-through on the fringes of Glasgow to warm up, watching the sun rise over takeaway coffee rather than a secluded loch.
Penticton Scottish Festival Society
- Hosted by the Penticton Highland Games Association, the very first Highland Games in Penticton BC were held at King’s Park in May of 1964.
The Association Executive for the very first event were: John Robb (President), Mrs. C.C. Keller (Vice President), Iver Cameron (Secretary), and Howard Duncan (Treasurer). Judges included: James MacMillan and Robert Young (Piping), Robert Black (Drumming), and Mrs. Barbara Hayes and Mrs. Helen Sommer (Highland Dancing). Pipers for the dance competition were Bruce Topp, Bill Reid, and Bill Elder. The price of the souvenir program was a whopping 25 cents!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHILE LISTENING?
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!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
July 4, 2024
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