Lost songs of Ireland Podcast

By Bill O'Brien

Here I will be collecting and sharing old songs I have recovered from folklore and history archives, piecing them back together and telling their stories.

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Lost songs of Ireland Podcast episodes:

February 08, 2024 Darby Ryan - The Ashgrove Bard pt 1
Darby Ryan was a bard from Bansha in Co.Tipperary around the mid 1800s. Most famous for The Peeler and the Goat, a satire of the system of Penal Laws in act at the time, Darby composed many songs and ballads across numerous topics not least Irish nationalism.
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38min
January 05, 2024 The Ballagh War Pipers
The Ballagh War Pipers were a military band associated with the IRB and the Irish volunteers and came from a small village in Tipperary
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26min
December 04, 2023 A dive into product placement in Irish ballads
This week we're taking a look at the tradition of using ballads a forms of advertising and product placement from the early 1800s up until the 1970s in Ireland.
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36min
November 20, 2023 Songs and Stories about Cows
This episode explores the place the cow occupies in Irish folklore, mythology and history through a few short stories and songs.

I've mentioned the Cattle Raid of Cooley and if anyone is interested to hear this in full I recommend the reading from the Irish Pagan School here:
Táin Bó Cúailgne by Laura O'Brien

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32min
November 05, 2023 The Murder of Richard Ealy
In this episode we'll be visiting a story from 1858 where a tenant shoots his landlords agent and talking a little about the landlord - tenant relationship in Ireland at the time. The story is told in two ballads collected from folklore resources.

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26min
November 01, 2023 Introduction to Lost Songs of Ireland
Just a quick introduction to layout the scope of this podcast
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21min

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How many episodes does Lost songs of Ireland Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.