Part 2 Highlights:

My conversation with Jenny goes in a direction that I had not really anticipated, but was happy to let organically unfold. Jenny begins by talking about the contemporary pagan practices and traditional Irish views about Samhain or Halloween, but from there we talk rather in-depth about the complex relationship between the dead and 'the good people', otherwise known as fairies- whether they like humans or not - and how the ideas about 'the good people' are tied up in Irish culture (that has had a difficult past, especially due to Catholicism), and how new narratives are emerging due to contemporary pagan efforts.

PROGRAM NOTES:

Bio Dr. Jenny Butler (website and UCC page): About - Dr Jenny Butler

UCC Research Profiles: Jenny Butler, Study of Religions

Academia.edu page: Jenny Butler | University College Cork - Academia.edu

Selected works:

(PDF) Symbolic and Social Roles of Women in Death Ritual in Traditional Irish Society | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

(PDF) Neo-Pagan Celebrations of Samhain | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

(PDF) The Neo-Pagan Ritual Year and Historical Reinterpretations | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

(PDF) The Neo-Pagan Ritual Year | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

(PDF) Irish Neo-Paganism: Worldview and Identity | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

(PDF) Remembrance of the Ancestors in Contemporary Paganism - Lineage, Identity, and Cultural Belonging in the Irish Context | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu

Other Reference Works: 

The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger  by Patricia Lysaght: The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght (goodreads.com)

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton: The pagan religions of the ancient British Isles : their nature and legacy : Hutton, Ronald : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer by Gearoid O'Crualaoich: The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer: Amazon.co.uk: Gearóid Ó Crualaoich: 9781859184127: Books

Theme music: Daniel P. Shea

Other music: Stephanie Shea