Céad Míle Fáilte,
It is Todd once again. In this week’s episode we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We have also included new episodes of Three Castles Burning & Copperplate. The articles we have highlight include ones about the pint, the Glasgow Tower, Alex Jones visiting a Welsh attraction, and the Boardmasters Festival. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #656: PLANT YOUR BOOTS FOR FREEDOM
- Tradify, Sorcha, The Gothard Sisters, Altan, Emma Langford, Patsy O'Brien, Poitín, Brother Sea, Gordon McLeod, Beltaine, Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro, Meerrant, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Chance the Arm, Alexander James Adams
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Bill Mandeville, Marti Meyers, Brenda, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali
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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THREE CASTLES BURNING: ‘THEN MOUNT JEROME FOR THE PROTESTANTS.'
- The story of Mount Jerome Cemetery is the story of Victorian Dublin. There, many of the great innovaters of the city are at rest. If Glasnevin brings to mind the Irish revolution, Mount Jerome instead makes us think of the nineteenth century. Still, there is great diversity in who is (and isn't) buied there. This is a story that touches on everyone from Charles Stewart Parnell to the so-called ‘General.'
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LURE OF THE PINT – AND WHY WE IRISH LOVE THEM SO
- A SELF-CONFESSED ‘pint lover’ has challenged herself to explore the allure of the alcoholic drink and why it has become a cultural institution in Ireland.
- Ali Dunworth has been on a pint journey, in a bid to learn how and why the simple glass of beer became such a phenomenon on the Emerald Isle.
COPPERPLATE PODCAST 292
- Danu, Mulcahy Family, Macalla, Cillian Vallely & David Doocey, Eilis Kennedy, Michelle Mulcahy, Danu, John Carty & Mike McGoldrick, Nioclás Tóibín, Crawford/Farrell/Doocey, Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington, Goitse, The Outside Track, Open the Door for Three
THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF THE ROTATING GLASGOW TOWER
- For more than two decades, a futuristic-looking silver-coloured column has towered over the River Clyde.
- But since the £10m Glasgow Tower opened in 2001, it has been riddled with maintenance issues and repeated closures.
THE ONE SHOW'S ALEX JONES TAKES WHOLE FAMILY TO WELSH ATTRACTION SHE URGES EVERYONE TO VISIT
- The One Show presenter Alex Jones, who hails from Ammanford, has been enjoying spending time back in Wales. The star has been spending a lot of time in her homeland recently, from filming for a new TV show to celebrating her mum's birthday.
- Now she has returned to one of her favourite Welsh attractions, St Fagans National Museum of History. Previously she urged her followers to go to the open-air museum in Cardiff. She said: “If you haven't been…go!!! So much to see. Such a unique experience! @museumwales.” Want less ads? Download WalesOnline’s Premium app on Apple or Android.
BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL 2024 ANNOUNCES FINAL WAVE OF HUGE ACTS JOINING LINEUP
- Boardmasters has revealed its third and final wave of acts, completing the lineup for 2024. More than 40 artists including The Streets, Maisie Peters, Ghetts, and Professor Green are set to join the huge line-up which includes headliners Chase & Status, Sam Fender and Stormzy.
- Cornwall’s own surf and music festival, takes place from August 7 to 11, 2024 across two sites in Newquay. Demand for this year’s Boardmasters is said to have been at an all-time high and fans are urged to get their tickets now to avoid missing out.
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Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
April 4, 2024
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