Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Ireland Creates the podcast about Irish storytellers, both those that are based here in Ireland and those with a connection to this emerald isle.

I hope you are safe and well this week, I don’t know about you but seeing the sun finally coming out has certainly lifted my spirits.

I want to give a big shout out to and congratulations to one of our recent guests on the podcast Clare Lyons. Clare has just been selected as one of 5 Irish artists to join Futures, Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Futures is a platform focused on amplifying emerging talents in photography. Clare was put forward by PhotoIreland and is joined on the list by Aoife Herrity, Audrey Gillespie, Jialin Long, and Mark Duffy. Congratulations to all of you it’s a fantastic opportunity.

I also want to thank those of you who have responded to my callout for guests on the podcast, the invitation remains open and I look forward to hearing from you. You can drop me a line at [email protected]

This week's guest is singer-songwriter and educator Edel Meade from Tipperary. 

I hope you enjoyed hearing from Edel please do go to edelmeade.com  and Bandcamp to find out more about her and to purchase Brigids and Patricias.

Ireland Creates will be back with its next episode on Thursday, April 15th in the meantime please check out the back catalogue, follow me on Instagram and remember to share your story.