Céad Míle Fáilte,
Once again it is Todd. We have a new episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We also have new episodes of Candlelit Tales & Mostly Folk. This week’s articles are about families reuniting for Christmas and a ghost town shopping center. We hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #587: CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2022
- Marc Gunn, The Gothard Sisters, House of Hamill, Altan, Socks in the Frying Pan, Screeched Inn, Flynn Cohen, John Doyle, Bow Triplets, The High Kings, Battlefield Band, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, The Byrne Brothers, Ed Miller, The Bow Tides, Rising Gael, The Selkie Girls, Sam Gillogly, Brad Tuck, Scythian, Syr, Ockham's Razor, We Banjo 3
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Meghan Walker, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Annie Lorkowski, 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.
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CANDLELIT TALES: STORIES FOR THE DARK: THE DAGHDA’S HARP
- In this episode, for the longest night of the year, Sorcha is telling the story of the Daghda’s Harp. This is a story we’ve told many times, often for younger audiences. But here it is presented in a different light, as a story about healing from hardship and remembering that, eventually, there will be light again.
TEARS OF JOY AT DUBLIN AIRPORT AS FAMILIES ARE REUNITED FOR CHRISTMAS
- Families smiled with tears of joy as they reunited this Christmas without Covid-19 restrictions for the first time in three years.
MOSTLY FOLK PODCAST EPISODE 609
- BYRD & STREET, Leeroy Stagger, Scott Martin, Glen Foster, Cosy Sheridan, Tom Chapin, Anthony St. James, Deb Wesloh, Bruce T. Carroll, Sofia Talvik, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Heywood Banks, Tom Pacheco, John McCutcheon
THE ‘GHOST TOWN' SHOPPING CENTRE IN SCOTLAND THAT HAS BEEN DESERTED FOR 26 YEARS
- While most shopping centres across Scotland today will be swarmed with Boxing Day shoppers looking to nab a bargain, one in West Lothian is completely deserted.
- Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village opened in 1996, but it now lies empty now 26 years later. The shopping centre once included more than 40 shops and was claimed to be the country's premier outlet for designer clothes.
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Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
December 29, 2022
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