The 32 Ingredients Podcast

Food, Glorious, Stone Age Food!

Ciarán takes a culinary look at the earliest meals in Ireland's past, from bear and reindeer carved up on the ice, to the scallop scoffers of 9,000 years ago, up to the intestinal discomfort of lactose intolerant farmers!

The Banshee

Hear her and fear her. The Banshee transcends the borders of Ireland herald the arrival of death in Irish families.In this episode Ciarán digs in to the legends, the traits, and the origins of this spectral messenger if death.

Changelings & the Tragedy of Bridget Cleary

As Hallowe'en approaches we turn to the darker and more sinister side of the Irish heritage...
 
The fairy changeling is a creature of invasion and horror, representing the unseen forces which tear families apart. Through the history of Bridget Cleary, a young woman from Tipperary, the 32 Ingredients podcast turns a critical eye to the changeling in Irish culture.
 
From the Irish Folklore Commission collection (duchas.ie ):
Owen Cronin Wickermaker and the Fairies: The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 361
Fairy Story: The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 029
Fort, Sugán, Pisreóga: The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 012

Ringforts Part 2

The Normans come in and start kicking things over, but what happens to the humble Irish ringfort? When do the fairies begin moving in? And why do so many of these things survive to see the light of modern Ireland?
 
The answers are here.
 
Sometimes.
 
Other times we speculate wildly.

Ringforts Pt 1

RINGFORTS!
 
Built by thousands, lived in by millions, homes from the height of Gaelic Ireland that stood for half a millenium, what are they and what makes them interesting...