This episode I chat with Jonny Dillon, an archivist at the Irish National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. We discuss the history of the Folklore Collection, his podcast, Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments, and the deep need for folk tradition in modern life.

The Irish National Folklore Collection is one of the largest folklore collections in Europe, and has just this month been ascribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments Podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/folklore_podcast

The National Folklore Collection:

https://www.ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/

Music:

Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods

"Amhráin na Trá Báine" by Fiachra O'Regan

"Aisling Gheal" by Fiachra O'Regan

"An Leanbh Sí" by Fiachra O'Regan

Image: An Irish family outside thatched cottage: Eason Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland